Influence Of Multiple Intelligences On Career Maturity Among Adolescents
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https://doi.org/10.66635/vcawqv64Keywords:
Multiple Intelligences, Career Maturity, Adolescents, Career Development, Career Guidance, Secondary School StudentsAbstract
Choosing a future career is an important developmental task during adolescence. At the secondary-school stage, students gradually begin to understand their abilities, interests and possible educational pathways. However, students differ in the kinds of intellectual strengths they possess, and these differences may be connected with their readiness to think about future careers. The present study examined the influence of Multiple Intelligences on Career Maturity among adolescents and compared boys and girls on both variables. The study followed a quantitative descriptive-correlational survey design. The sample consisted of 100 Grade 9 adolescents, including 50 boys and 50 girls between 14 and 16 years of age. Multiple Intelligences and Career Maturity were measured using standardized tools, and data were analysed using mean, standard deviation, the independent-samples t-test, Pearson correlation and simple linear regression. The overall mean Multiple Intelligence score was 104.19 (SD = 16.08), and the mean Career Maturity score was 96.79 (SD = 12.57). No significant gender difference was found in Multiple Intelligence, t(98) = 0.713, p = .477, or in Career Maturity, t(98) = -0.103, p = .918. A strong positive relationship was found between Multiple Intelligences and Career Maturity, r(98) = .749, p < .001. Simple regression showed that Multiple Intelligence scores explained approximately 56.2% of the variance in Career Maturity scores, F(1, 98) = 125.53, p < .001. The findings indicate that adolescents with stronger overall intellectual profiles also tend to show greater readiness for career-related thinking and decision-making. The study highlights the need to connect career guidance with students' individual strengths instead of providing the same guidance to every learner.
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