Attachment Style and Dysfunctional Career Thoughts: How Attachment Style Can Affect the Career Counseling Process
✍ Scribed by Yolanda van Ecke
- Publisher
- American Counseling Association
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 106 KB
- Volume
- 55
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0889-4019
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✦ Synopsis
This article examines the relationship between attachment style, measured by Experiences in Close Relationships‐Revised (R. C. Fraley, N. G. Waller, & K. A. Brennan, 2000), and dysfunctional career thoughts, measured by the Career Thoughts Inventory (CTI; J. P. J. Sampson, G. W. Peterson, J. G. Lenz, R. C. Reardon, & D. E. Saunders, 1994a). Two hypotheses related to attachment style and dysfunctional career thoughts were tested with 46 adult immigrants (17 men, 29 women). Results show that both attachment anxiety and avoidance were significantly related to scores on the CTI; increased attachment avoidance also significantly correlated with decision‐making confusion and external conflict. Implications of the relationship between attachment style and dysfunctional career thoughts for the career counseling process are discussed.