High school students' career-related decision-making difficulties

The present study examined the construct of career-related decision-making difficulties among 1,843 Israeli adolescents: choosing a high school (9th g rade), choosing high school elective courses (10th grade), and deciding on a military job preference (11th grade). Three versions of the Career Decisi on-Making Difficulties Questionnaire (CDDQ) were constructed to match the 3 decision situations. The structures of the 10 difficulty categories of the revised CDDQ were found similar to that proposed by I. Gati, M. Krausz, an d S. H. Osipow (1996). Boys reported higher difficulties than girls in exte rnal conflicts and dysfunctional beliefs. Research and counseling implicati ons are discussed.