The Development of Career Maturity Norms among High School Students
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The research article titled “The development of career maturity norms among high school students” aimed at the following objectives: 1) to explore the career maturity norms among high school students overall and in each aspect; 2) to develop the career maturity norms overall and in each aspect, including career planning, career exploration, decision-making, and information about the working world of high school students; and 3) to evaluate the career maturity norms among high school students according to the criteria developed by the researcher. The study conducted exploratory research. A sample group used for the study consisted of 1,245 high school students in Bangkok who attended schools under Secondary Educational Service Area Offices 1 and 2, schools under Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation, and lastly, schools under Office of the Private Education Commission in the year B.E. 2566, who were chosen by multi-stage sampling. The tool used for data collection was a form measuring career maturity norms of high school students, which included 32 questions and 4 components: career planning, career exploration, decision-making, and information about the working world. Statistics used for data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, skewness, kurtosis, and t-score.
From the study, the results reveal that the career maturity norms among high school students overall and in each aspect, including career planning, career exploration, decision-making, and information about the working world of high school students are at a high level. The normal criteria for overall career maturity norms among high school students ranges from T14.52 to T68.88 (P.02 – P97.05). The normal criteria for career maturity norms among high school students in each aspect have the following t-tests: career planning has t-tests ranging from T16.06 to T67 (P.03 – P95.55); career exploration from T19.20 to T67.06 (P.10 – P95.60), decision-making from T7.27 to T69.06 (P.01 – P97.17), and information about the working world from T18.20 to T66.89 (P.07 – P95.44). According to the criteria developed by the researcher, high school students have overall career maturity norms at a high level (25.62%). When examining each aspect, it is found that high school students have a high level of career planning (29.40%), a low level of career exploration (29.72%), a high level of decision-making (29.88%), and a low level of information about the working world (29.64%).
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