INVESTIGATION OF SELF-CONCEPT, LOCUS OF CONTROL, AND AGE AS CORRELATES OF CAREER MATURITY AMONG GRADUATE NURSING STUDENTS (CAREER DECISIONS, COLLEGE ADVISING, GRADUATE EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL MEASUREMENT, INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENT).
Contributors: Auburn University.
Published: 1986
Number of pages: 113
Subjects: Education, Guidance and Counseling.; Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: The interrelationships among self-concept, locus of control, age, and career maturity were measured for 109 graduate nursing students. Specifically, it was hypothesized that a variation in self-concept, locus of control, and age would be related to a level of career maturity. The Rotter Internal-External Locus of Control Scale, the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale, the Career Development Inventory, and the Adult Career Concerns Inventory were used to measure these variables.

A canonical analysis was employed to identify the primary independent dimensions that related the two sets of variables. Two significant canonical roots were extracted from this analysis. Interpretation of these roots suggested that (a) self-concept (.87) and locus of control (-.77) were strongly related to the exploration stage (-.64) and career change stage (-.74) of the Adult Career Concerns Inventory, and (b) age (.90) was significantly related to the disengagement stage (.75) and career change (.61) stage of the Adult Career Concerns Inventory. For the purposes of counseling, this population showed greater vocational concerns in the stages of establishment (M = 35.32) and maintenance (M = 35.77) of the Adult Career Concerns Inventory. A final conclusion was that the Adult Career Concerns Inventory was more sensitive than the Career Development Inventory in determining career maturity in graduate nursing students.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-05, Section: A, page: 1609.

Thesis (ED.D.)--AUBURN UNIVERSITY, 1986.

School code: 0012.