Amasya Province in the Centre of Advanced Learning of Vocational Maturity Levels of Students According to Different Variables

Abstract

The choice of profession is a decision that has a deep impact on our overall life. Therefore, it is vitally important to make the right decision when we are choosing our profession. The aim of the present study is to investigate the vocational maturity of high school students according to different variables. The universe of the research consisted of high schools in Amasya City; while the research sample consisted of 225 students; 110 females and 115 males from 9 different types of high school. The research relied on the “Vocational Maturity Scale” developed by Kuzgun and Bacanlı (1996). In data analyses, descriptive statistic methods, t-tests, and ANOVA were used. At the end of the research, after investigating high school students based on different variables, it was concluded that there were significant differences among their vocational maturity levels.