Research Article
The Effects of Career Choice Guidance on Identity Development
Table 2
Commitment and exploration per domain of the participants before the start of the guidance (
) as compared to the norm group (decile scores).
| | | Mean
norm group | St. dev.
norm group | Mean
participants | St. dev
participants | Significance
1 tailed |
| | Commitment | | | | | | | Vocational | 5.3 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 2.6 | 0.01** | | Personal | 5.3 | 2.8 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 0.01** | | Global identity | 5.2 | 2.7 | 4.9 | 2.7 | 0.21 |
| | Exploration | | | | | | | Vocational | 5.2 | 3.2 | 5.9 | 2.8 | 0.06 | | Personal | 5.3 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 0.04* | | Global identity | 5.1 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 0.23 |
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P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001.
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