Intolerance of Uncertainty and Emotional Intelligence as Predictors of Career Decision Self-Efficacy among Unemployed Young Adults

Abstract

When the pandemic of COVID-19 came, everyone was in a state of uncertainty. The severity of the uncertainty was found to be felt by more among unemployed young adults. This study will make a significant contribution to the literature in the following ways. It seeks to address a crucial gap in the literature by examining the role of Emotional Intelligence as well as cognitive factor -Intolerance of Uncertainty- that predicts one’s Career Decision Self-Efficacy. The objective of the study was to find out whether Intolerance of Uncertainty and Emotional Intelligence predict the Career Decision Self-Efficacy among Unemployed Young Adults and there exist sex differences in the study variables. The study was conducted among 260 participants (92- male, 168 female) using Career Decision Self-Efficacy–short form (CDSE) (Betz, Hammond, & Multon, 2005), Intolerance of Uncertainty–short form (Carleton, 2020) and Emotional Intelligence (Manikandan & Shabeeba, 2017). The results revealed that Intolerance of Uncertainty and Emotional Intelligence predict the career Decision Self-Efficacy. The findings have implications in career counselling, and can be applied to improve the individual’s career decision self-efficacy.