Why collaborate with close others when choosing a college major?

Autor/inn/en	Schindler, Ines; Dietrich, Julia; Berg, Cynthia A.
Titel	Why collaborate with close others when choosing a college major?
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology, 4 (2014) 1, S. 128-142 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1927-0526; 1927-0534
DOI	10.5539/jedp.v4n1p128
Schlagwörter	Empirische Untersuchung; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Qualitative Forschung; Quantitative Forschung; Soziales Umfeld; Familie; Beratung; College; Kurswahl; Hauptfach; Auswahl; Berater; Freund; USA
Abstract	In spite of increasing research interest in relational aspects of making important life decisions, [the] knowledge on why, how, and to what effect close others are involved in decision making still is limited. [The authors] determined whom [their] 65 participants (students between 18 and 27 years; 54% women), in general, would like to collaborate with when making life choices that will shape their future identities. [They] further investigated under which conditions consulting with this generally preferred advisor (PA) was related to satisfaction with a specific real-life choice, namely, choosing a college major. This one-year prospective longitudinal study included repeated assessments as students chose a major, including monthly reports on the persons that had been involved in choosing a major. These were followed by qualitative and quantitative assessments of evaluations of one's PA as collaborator. [The] findings revealed that involvement of one's PA during major choice was related to greater indecision regarding one's choice, but not to the PA's perceived quality. Involvement of the PA further was related to greater choice satisfaction only when the PA was perceived as highly familiar with the student, experienced in collaborating with him or her, and helpful in optimizing decisions. [The] findings suggest that close others can be an important resource for making satisfactory life choices that could also be drawn upon in professional counseling contexts. (Orig.).
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