The purpose of this study was to investigate the career maturity of college students as it relates to personality factors. The results of this will contribute to make guidelines for the school authority to help its students in choosing careers and ac...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the career maturity of college students as it relates to personality factors. The results of this will contribute to make guidelines for the school authority to help its students in choosing careers and acquiring career goals which are fundamental conditions for actualizing themselves in their lives.
The research addressed the following questions.
What are the status of career maturity of college students?
How does the career maturity relates to the schools, majors, and sexes of the subjects?
What are general charcteristics of personality factors as measured on the personality diagnostic test (PDT) and, are these factors related to individual's career matuity?
The results of the study are as follows:
College students have manifested in general, low degree of career maturity. Almost half the subjects have failed to describe their career goals in specific terms, while only one fifths of subjects have clearly described their futures on the basis of their occupations, and about one thirds of the subjects have had vague ideas on their career goals.
It is found that career maturity is different, according to the colleges that students are attending. Subjects from the College of Agriculture have highest degree of career maturity, while subjects from the College of Economics and Business Administration have lowest degree of career maturity. There seems to be no relationship between career maturity and sexes of subjects, and career maturity and subjects majors.
It is found that subjects participated in this study shows healthy personality traits as measured on the personality diagnostic test. Subjects showing average degree of career maturity are found to obtain high scores of reflectivenesess on the PDT.
It is concluded that college students generally considered as having no problems in their career choices also have problems in their career choices and decision making. It is suggested that good counseling program should be developed and instituted if we are to help students achieve optimal career maturity and assist them to have proper choice of careers.