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    Differentiation of self, vocational identity, and career indecision: the mediating role of goal instability among college students

    Choi, Soowhan
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    2020
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    Abstract
    Evidence suggests that differentiation of self, a construct from Bowen’s family system’s theory, is predictive of college students’ vocational identity and career indecision (Johnson, Schamuhn, Nelson, & Buboltz, 2014). However, the specific mechanisms within the relationships among differentiation of self and vocational identity as well as career indecision have received minimal attention. I proposed that goal instability, a construct of Kohut’s self-psychology, could further explain the influence of differentiation of self on these career outcomes. I aimed to investigate how differentiation of self related to goal instability and ultimately how both of these influenced vocational identity and career indecision. Two hundred sixty-four traditional-aged (i.e., 18-24 years old) college students participated in the current survey. Participants completed demographic information, Differentiation of Self Inventory-Short Form (DSI-SF; Drake, Murdock, Marszalek, & Barber, 2015), Goal Instability Scale (GIS; Robbins & Patton, 1985), Vocational Identity (VI; Holland, Daiger, & Power, 1980), and Career Indecision Profile-Short (CIP-S; Xu & Tracey, 2017) using an online survey system. A path analysis revealed that goal instability mediated the overall relationships between sub-dimensions of differentiation of self, including emotional reactivity, emotional cutoff, I-position, and fusion with others, and vocational identity. Likewise, goal instability mediated the overall relationships between sub-dimensions of differentiation of self and four sources of career indecision, such as neuroticism/negative affectivity, choice/commitment anxiety, interpersonal conflict, and lack of readiness. The results provided empirical support for Bowen's proposition that well-differentiated individuals are goal- and principle- oriented (Frost, 2014), and suggested that goal instability functioned as one of the critical mechanisms to explain how differentiation of self related to career indecision issues among traditional-aged college students. Limitations, ideas for future research, and clinical implications were discussed.
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    Review of literature -- Shortened literature review, method, results, and discussion -- Appendix A. Figure 1. Theoretical Mediation Model of the Relationship between Sub-dimensions of Differentiation of Self, Goal Instability, Vocational Identity, and Sub-dimensions of Career Indecision -- Appendix B. Figure 2. Alternative Mediation Model of the Relationship between Sub-dimensions of Differentiation of Self, Goal Instability, Vocational Identity, and Sub-dimensions of Career Indecision -- Appendix C. Table 1. Demographics -- Appendix D. Table 2. Descriptive Statistics and Pearson Correlation Matrix Among Differentiation of Self, Goal Instability, Vocational Identity, and Career Indecision -- Appendix E. Table 3. Bootstrap Analysis of Direct and Indirect Effects in the Alternative Model -- Appendix F. Consent for Participation in a Research Study -- Appendix G. Demographic Questionnaire -- Appendix H. Differentiation of Self-Short Form -- Appendix I. Goal Instability Scale -- Appendix J. Vocational Identity: My Vocational Situation -- Appendix K. Career Indecision Profile-Short
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    https://hdl.handle.net/10355/79201
    Degree
    Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy)
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    Counseling Psychology (UMKC)
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    • Counseling and Educational Psychology Theses and Dissertations (UMKC)
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