Career Exploration: A Multivariate Analysis of Predictors

Abstract This study examined the multivariate relations between career exploration and its predictors in a sample of 156 female and 162 male college students. Combining all predictors of career exploration accounted for less than one-third of the variance. Results also indicated that the broad construct of ego identity exploration cannot be substituted for the specific construct of career exploration. Future research should consider potential metaconstructs in the prediction of career exploration and search for additional predictors.

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