career indecision making in 12th grade students: investigating of the role of family functioning, parenting styles، parents' education and employment

the aim of this study was to investigate career indecision making in 12th grade students focusing on the role of family functioning, parenting styles، parents' education and employment. The method of the present study was a descriptive of causal-comparative. The statistical population of the present study initially included all fourth-grade high school students in the city of Borujen,. The sample size was 320 people based on Krejcie and Morgan table and multi-stage cluster sampling method. In the first stage of the research, the sample answered the career indecision scale. The data obtained from career indecision in the sample were then converted to standard Z scores and then to T scores. Individuals with 1 standard deviation above the mean were screened as an indecisive group and individuals with 1 standard deviation below the mean were screened as a decisive group . Parents in both groups answered questionnaires . Summary of the results of analysis of covariance showed that family functioning is different in the two groups of indecisive and decisive (P<0.01). Also, parenting styles were different in the two groups of indecisive and decisive (P<0.01), so that authoritative parenting style is associated with career decision making .