This study involved the examination of relationships among behavior-domain-specific measures of career self-efficacy and measures of generalized self-efficacy and global self-esteem. Correlations of domain-specific measures were higher with generalized self-efficacy than with global self-esteem and were higher, in some cases significantly so, for male than for female students. The domains most strongly correlated with generalized self-efficacy were career decision-making self-efficacy in both sexes and several of the Holland (1973, 1985) theme self-efficacy measures in men.
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