الفرق بين النوع و الصف الدراسي و القلق في حالات الهوية المهنية لدى طلبة الصفين التاسع و العاشر بسلطنة عمان

الملخص EN

The aim of this study was to identify the career identity statuses of ninth and tenth grades students in the Sultanate of Oman, and whether there are differences in career identity according to gender, grade, and anxiety level (high and low level).

To achieve the objectives of the study, two scales were developed, the first scale comprised of 20 items related to different aspects of career identity statuses, while the second scale comprised of 21 items, measuring different areas in anxiety.

These scales were applied to a 255 students including (143) from the ninth grade, and )112) from the tenth grade.

The data were analyzed using means, standard deviations, and T-tests The findings show that the order of career identity statuses among ninth and tenth grade students were: identity foreclosure, identity diffusion, moratorium and identity achievement consecutively.

In addition, there were significant differences according to sex variable in the foreclosure and diffusion identities.

Moreover, there were significant grade differences in the achievement, foreclosure and moratorium identities favoring grade 10.

However, there was no difference in all identity statuses in the anxiety variable.

On the basis of this result several proposals and recommendation were put-forward so professionals may to increase students awareness of their identity.