Identity status, psychological well-being and career decision-making difficulties among educated adults

Abstract

The study was carried out to explore a series of objectives regarding "Identity status, psychological well-being and career decision-making difficulties among educated adults. " Identity status interviews were conducted and two questionnaires (Scale of Psychological Well-Being and Career Decision-Making Difficulties Questionnaire) were administered to gather information from J 00 students (50 males, 50 females) of universities and professional colleges. The results of One Way Analysis of Variance of identity slatus and career decision-making difficulties showed that students at achieved identity status would face less career deCision-making difficulties. The results a/so indicated that respondents with achieved identity status have higher level of psychological well-being. Non significant gender differences were found on identity status but domain specific gender differences were evident. Chi square was calculated to evaluate whether students with defined and undefined career path are different on identity status, which indicated that there were non significant differences between these two groups. The t-test was carried out to check the mean score differences of psychological well-being and career deCiSion-making difficulties between students with defined/undefined career path and between the two genders. The results indicated non significant differences between the two groups of students on psychological well-being. Students with defined career path face less career decisionmaking difficulties as compared to students with undefined career path. The results also showed non significant differences between males and females on psychological wellbeing and career deciSion-making difficulties. However, gender differences were found on inconsistent information subscale of career decision-making.