The Main and Interaction effect of Gender and Career Decision Status with Career Decision Difficulties & Strategies for Coping Career Indecision

Abstract

The major aim of this study was to find difficulties of career decision which students face while deciding their majors and the strategies which they apply to deal with difficulties of career decision relevant to their career decision status and gender. A total of 250 students were taken as a sample from multiple government colleges and Universities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Purposive sampling technique was applied to get the sample fit in the study. In this study correlational Research design was used along with the quantitative method to gather and analyze the data collected from the respondents. The average age of the students was 17.8. Main effect of gender is significant (p< .01) with difficulties of career decision and the strategies for coping career indecision whereas; status of career decision (decided, partially decided & undecided) has non-significant impact on career decision difficulties and strategies for coping career indecision. And the results showed that the interaction effect of gender and career decision status (decided, partially decided &undecided) is non-significant with difficulties of career decision and the strategies for coping career indecision. It shows that there are no differences between female and male students and their career decision status (decided, partially decided & undecided), they face similar difficulties of career decision (lack of information, lack of readiness & inconsistent information) and the strategies for coping career indecision (nonproductive coping, support seeking and productive coping strategies).