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International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance

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Coping with career indecision: the role of courage and future orientation in secondary education students from Greek provincial cities

Authors: Katerina Argyropoulou, Andronikos Kaliris, Argyro Charokopaki, Panagiota Katsioula

Published in: International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance | Issue 3/2021

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This study examined the relationships among courage, strategies of coping with career indecision, and future orientation in a sample of high school students. A total of 460 Greek adolescents from provincial cities participated in the study. The results indicated that courage indirectly predicted future orientation through productive coping strategies. The main conclusion refers to the fact that specific interventions could promote productive coping strategies and courage, which in turn, may foster the future orientation of adolescents to construct multiple positive occupational pathways, coping with various career and life decisions and, overall, orient themselves positively toward the future.

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Title: Coping with career indecision: the role of courage and future orientation in secondary education students from Greek provincial cities
Authors: Katerina Argyropoulou
Andronikos Kaliris
Argyro Charokopaki
Panagiota Katsioula
Publication date: 27-02-2021
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance / Issue 3/2021
Print ISSN: 1873-0388
Electronic ISSN: 1573-1782
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-021-09465-4

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