Abstract:
The study presents results from empirical research on the psychological characteristics of career
choice in early adulthood. The research is based on the multidimensional model for occupational
choice, developed by J. Chartrand, St. Robbins, W. Morril and K. Boggs, measuring career indecisiveness
which consists of informational and personal-emotional factors, interacting when people decide
on a career. In order to examine the convergent validity and the external reliability of the instrument
we have used correlation analyses with John Holland’s Vocational Identity Scale, Rosenberg Self-Esteem
Scale, the Goal Instability Scale and Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. When adaptating
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the model for Bulgarian sociocultural environment, high psychometrical indicators were registered,
which gives grounds for successful use of the model by consultants in distinguishing the reasons for
the indecisiveness in career choice.
