Abstract

This study is intended to find out subtypes of the university students' career decision status according to the Vocational Decision Status Model, proposed by Jones and Chenery(1980). Applying cluster analysis to three dimensions of the Vocational Decision Status Model, this study examined the applicability of the model to the typology of career decision status, subtypes of the university students' career decision status, and differences among subtype. Subjects of this study were 330 students(male 176, female 154) from three universities in Seoul. A set of questionaiers(Decidedness scale and Comfort scale of Career Decision Profile, Indecision scale of Career Decision Scale. Trait-Anxiety Inventory of State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Identity scale of My Vocational Situation, and Internal-External Control Scale) was administered. And the data was analyzed by means of correlation analysis, cluster analysis, and One-way ANOVA. The results of cluster analysis showed that this model is applicable to the typology of university students' career decision status. The resulting 6-cluster solution described subtypes of the university students' career decision status. These six subtypes were named as confident decided type, multipotentialed type, tentative decided type. anxious decided type, confused undecided types, and implement anxious type. These subtypes showed significant differences in all variables incluster analysis and in trait-anxiety, vocational identity, and locus of control. Implications for vocational counseling and future research on the typology of career decision status discussed.