CAREER DECISION MAKING DIFFICULTIES AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IN INDONESIA^S URBAN BASED ON GENDER ANALYSIS
Dede Rahmat Hidayat (a), Olga Diani Rachmawaty (b)

Universitas Negeri Jakarta
SMAN 106 Jakarta

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the difficulties in making career decisions among high school students in Jakarta. A total of 750 high school students in Jakarta consisting of male (215/29%) and female (535/71%) were involved in this study. Respondents were hired using convenience sampling. The measurement used the Career Decision-Making Difficulties (CDDQ) instrument which was constructed by Gati, Krausz & Osipow (2001) and has been adapted in the Indonesian version, has an internal consistency Cronbach alpha is 0.91. The analysis technique in this study used the Mann Whitney Test, Chi-Square test analysis techniques. The results showed that high school students had difficulty in making decisions (mean = 4,934 St. Dev = 1,734 on a 7 scale). The highest difficulty is in the dysfunctional belief sub-category. Based on gender analysis, there is no significant difference between men and women. In this case, these two groups experience the same difficulties. The finding implies is that the Career Counseling Program is embraced which can help students to have the ability to make appropriate career decisions. low education and low socioeconomic status.

Keywords: Career decision making difficulties- CDDQ Indonesian version, high school student- gender differences- social economic status- family educational

Topic: Education