%0 Journal Article
%T Strategies for Coping With Career Indecision During the College
%A Hedva Braunstein-Bercovitz
%A Nitzan Kapach-Royf
%A Yuliya Lipshits-Braziler
%J Journal of Career Assessment
%@ 1552-4590
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1069072718759983
%X The goal of the present research was to test a model of strategies for coping with career indecision during the college-to-work transition and its accompanied measure (the Strategies for Coping with Career Indecision¨CCollege-to-Work Transition Questionnaire [SCCI-CWTQ]), as predictors of career choice-related outcomes. Study 1 (N = 522) supported the psychometric properties of the SCCI-CWTQ in a sample of college seniors and confirmed the model¡¯s hierarchical structure with three coping styles: productive, support-seeking, and nonproductive styles. Study 2 (N = 659) tested the concurrent and incremental predictive validity of the SCCI-CWTQ. The results showed that productive coping style was positively associated with a sense of coping efficacy, career decision status, and career choice satisfaction 1 year following graduation, whereas using a nonproductive coping style was negatively related to those outcomes and positively associated with career decisional distress. Theoretical as well as practical implications pertaining to career decision-making during the college-to-work transition are suggested
%K college-to-work transition
%K productive coping style
%K nonproductive coping style
%K support-seeking coping style
%K career indecision
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1069072718759983