Differences in Career Decision Profile and Mindfulness with regard to Vocational Identity Status Assessment
AUTHOR : 심희준,이상희
INFORMATION : page. 63~83 / 2016 Vol.23 No.2
ABSTRACT
This research was performed to identify the six statuses of Vocational Identity Status
Assessment(VISA) model, and to investigate the relationship among the vocational identity statuses,
Career Decision Profile (CDP) and mindfulness. A total of 307 Korean college students participated
in this study. The results were as follows. First, vocational identity statuses could be divided into
six types based on VISA. The features of each vocational identity status were nearly identical to
those in the results of Porfeli et al(2011). Second, the career-decision/emotional statuses of college
students could be divided into four types based on CDP. Third, there were significant differences in
the frequencies between vocational identity statuses and career-decision/emotional statuses. Fourth, the
results of CDP were significantly related to vocational identity statuses. In addition, mindfulness was
found to be related to their vocational identity status. Individuals with the searching moratorium
status had the highest scores for mindfulness. This study confirmed the differential characteristics of
vocational identity statuses and provided helpful tips for designing the effective strategies of career
counseling.