Growing Up Perfect: Perfectionism, Problematic Internet Use, and Career Indecision in Emerging Adults
✍ Scribed by Ilana S. Lehmann; Varda Konstam
- Publisher
- American Counseling Association
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 126 KB
- Volume
- 89
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1556-6678
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✦ Synopsis
Among emerging adults who are career indecisive, perfectionism and problematic Internet use (PIU) are underdeveloped areas of inquiry. The authors examined the relationship between perfectionism and PIU to measure their contributions to career indecision. The full model was significant, yielding an R 2 of .46 (p < .0001). PIU accounted for the majority of variance in career indecision (adjusted R 2 = .32). Career indecision was also related to maladaptive but not adaptive perfectionism. Counseling implications are discussed.
Emerging adults are deeply immersed in the technology revolution and quite facile with its tools (Gore, Leuwerke, & Krumboltz, 2002). So, why has the voluminous amount of information available on the Internet failed to improve this generation's ability to consolidate their careers? To answer this question, we explored the characteristics of both the technology and emerging adults.