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Career Maturity in College Students With Learning Disabilities
Author(s) -
Ohler Denise L.,
Levinson Edward M.,
Barker William F.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
the career development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.846
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 2161-0045
pISSN - 0889-4019
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-0045.1996.tb00259.x
Subject(s) - maturity (psychological) , psychology , variance (accounting) , work (physics) , learning disability , career education , medical education , mathematics education , developmental psychology , pedagogy , medicine , vocational education , engineering , mechanical engineering , accounting , business
This study compared levels of career maturity between college students with and without learning disabilities and investigated factors associated with career maturity. Few differences in career maturity were found. However, different predictors of career maturity for the two groups emerged. For students with learning disabilities, number of accommodations and quantity of work experience accounted for 22% of the variance in career maturity. For students without disabilities, academic achievement and type of work experience accounted for 21% of the variance in career maturity. Students with learning disabilities who received more instructional accommodations had lower levels of career maturity.