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Análise Psicológica

Print version ISSN 0870-8231On-line version ISSN 1646-6020

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SANTOS, Paulo Jorge  and  GONCALVES, Carlos. A Kohutian approach to indecisiveness. Aná. Psicológica [online]. 2017, vol.35, n.3, pp.339-349. ISSN 0870-8231.  https://doi.org/10.14417/ap.1055.

Career indecision is a classic topic in vocational psychology and presently it is regarded as a multidimensional construct. Career undecided individuals have been classified into two main categories. The first corresponds to a normal phase, in development terms, of career exploration of alternatives that precedes investment in a specific career option. The second, normally called indecisiveness, is of more structural nature. For indecisive individuals, and not simply undecided, the decision making process, including career choice, tends to be a difficult task. The identification of the determinants of indecisiveness has important implications for career counseling. Based on the self-psychology of Heinz Kohut, the primary purpose of this study was to analyze the role of goal instability and self-esteem, two markers of the self's maturity according to this psychological framework of psychoanalytical orientation, in the prediction of indecisiveness. A regression analysis was applied to a Portuguese high-school sample of 314 secondary school students. Overall, the regression equation accounted for 35% of indecisiveness scores. Implications for career theory and counseling are discussed.

Keywords : Career indecision; Indecisiveness; Heinz Kohut; Self-psychology.

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