The Relationship Between Self-concept and Career Decision Making in Lebanese Adolescents PDF Download

Author: Nadine Nimer Renno
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Languages : en
Pages : 160

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The purpose of this study is to examine whether there is a relationship between self-concept and career decision-making in Lebanese adolescents, and whether there is gender difference in career-decision-making. The study attempted to address the following hypotheses: (1) High self-concept students exhibit a significantly high degree of consistency in their Self-Directed Search (SDS) profile compared to low self-concept Lebanese students who exhibit a low degree of consistency in their SDS profile; (2) there is no gender difference in the degree of consistency of students' SDS profile The sample consists of 270 eighteen-year-old students (120 females and 150 males) in grade twelve and 30 seventeen-year-old high school students (21 males and 9 females) in a private school in Beirut, Lebanon Two instruments were used to measure the variables under investigation: career decision-making was measured by Holland's Self-Directed Search (SDS); self-concept was measured by the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale (TSCS) The SDS and the TSCS were piloted for the purpose of the study A correlation coefficient score was obtained to examine the relationship between self-concept and the degree of consistency of students' SDS profile.!n addition, a one-way ANOVA was used to examine the mean consistency score in males compared to mean consistency score in females Moreover, the percentage of males and that of females with a high degree of consistency in their SDS profile were also obtained Results revealed a high positive correlation between self-concept and career decision-making which is presented quantitatively by the SDS degree of consistency, whereas there was no significant difference between males and females in relation to career decision-making.