Diagnosing the causes of clients' career indecision is among the first steps in career counseling. The present study applied latent profile analysis to identify career indecision types using the 10 difficulty scale scores of the Career Decision-Making Difficulties Questionnaire (Gati et al., 1996). In two random U.S. samples (Ntotal = 8,918; age range = 14-50), five profiles of career indecision were identified and replicated: (1) unmotivated (6%), (2) generally indecisive (31%), (3) unrealistic (12%), (4) uninformed (39%), and (5) conflicted (12%). Age and gender negligibly predicted career indecision type, thereby supporting the stability of the five-profile typology. Nonetheless, the female gender was associated with a greater likelihood of being classified as indecisive as opposed to unmotivated (OR = 2.13). Furthermore, the five types differed in career decision status (η² = .28) and perceived career decisional distress (η² = .29). Uninformed and conflicted individuals reported multiple career decision-making difficulties and were still considering many career alternatives, whereas the three remaining types had one salient difficulty and had already identified a few (or even one) preferred alternative(s). Typological classification of individuals based on their salient causes of career indecision facilitates intervention planning as well as prescreening clients for individual counseling or group interventions. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

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五种职业犹豫不决的识别和验证：职业决策困难的潜在概况分析。

诊断客户职业犹豫不决的原因是职业咨询的第一步。本研究使用职业决策困难问卷（Gati 等人，1996 年）的 10 个难度量表分数应用潜在概况分析来识别职业优柔寡断类型。在两个随机的美国样本（Ntotal = 8,918；年龄范围 = 14-50）中，确定并复制了五种职业优柔寡断的情况：（1）没有动力（6%），（2）通常优柔寡断（31%），（3）不切实际（12%），（4）不知情（39%），（5）矛盾（12%）。年龄和性别对职业优柔寡断类型的预测可以忽略不计，从而支持五轮廓类型学的稳定性。尽管如此，与没有动机相比，女性更有可能被归类为优柔寡断（OR = 2.13）。此外，五种类型的职业决策状态（η² = .28）和感知的职业决策痛苦（η² = .29）不同。不知情和冲突的人报告了多种职业决策困难，并且仍在考虑许多职业选择，而其余三种类型有一个突出的困难，并且已经确定了一些（甚至一种）首选的选择。基于个人职业犹豫不决的显着原因对个人进行类型分类有助于进行干预计划以及对客户进行个人咨询或团体干预的预筛选。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2022 APA，保留所有权利）。不知情和冲突的人报告了多种职业决策困难，并且仍在考虑许多职业选择，而其余三种类型有一个突出的困难，并且已经确定了一些（甚至一种）首选的选择。基于个人职业犹豫不决的显着原因对个人进行类型分类有助于进行干预计划以及对客户进行个人咨询或团体干预的预筛选。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2022 APA，保留所有权利）。不知情和冲突的人报告了多种职业决策困难，并且仍在考虑许多职业选择，而其余三种类型有一个突出的困难，并且已经确定了一些（甚至一种）首选的选择。基于个人职业犹豫不决的显着原因对个人进行类型分类有助于进行干预计划以及对客户进行个人咨询或团体干预的预筛选。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2022 APA，保留所有权利）。基于个人职业犹豫不决的显着原因对个人进行类型分类有助于进行干预计划以及对客户进行个人咨询或团体干预的预筛选。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2022 APA，保留所有权利）。基于个人职业犹豫不决的显着原因对个人进行类型分类有助于进行干预计划以及对客户进行个人咨询或团体干预的预筛选。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2022 APA，保留所有权利）。