SUMMARY
The aim of this study is to examine how career maturity levels of high school students predict their career desicion-making difficulties according to their locus of control. The sample consisted of 562 (321 female, 241 male) students from 4 different High Schools affiliated with the ministry of national education in city center of Adana province. In the study, Career Decision Difficulties Questionnaire which was developed by Gati and Saka (2001) and adapted to Turkish by Bacanli (2008), Rotter’s Internal and External Locus of Control Scale developed by Rotter (1966) and adapted to Turkish by Dag (1991; 2002) and Career Maturity Scale developed by Kuzgun and Bacanli (2005) were used. The pearson moment product correlation coefficient technique was used for the analysis of the relationship between variables Regression analysis was used for the power to predict career desicion making difficulties scores of career maturity of students with internal and external locus of control. According to the findings, career maturity predicts career desicion-making difficulties and its subscales. In addition, the level of career maturity of the students with internal locus of control has reached the level of career decision making difficulties more than the students with external locus of control. Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file.ÖzetBu arastirmanin amaci, lise ögrencilerinin denetim odaklarina göre mesleki olgunluk düzeylerinin kariyer karar verme güçlüklerini ne kadar yordadigini incelemektir. Arastirmanin çalisma grubunu dört farkli anadolu lisesinde ögrenim gören 321’i kiz ve 241’i erkek olmak üzere toplam 562 ögrenci olusturmustur. Arastirmada Gati ve Saka (2001) tarafindan gelistirilen ve Bacanli (2008) tarafindan Türkçeye uyarlanan Kariyer Karar Verme Güçlükleri Ölçegi, Rotter (1966) tarafindan gelistirilen ve Dag (1991;2002) tarafindan Türkçeye uyarlanan Rotter’in Iç-Dis Kontrol Odagi Ölçegi ve Kuzgun ve Bacanli (2005) tarafindan gelistirilen Mesleki Olgunluk Ölçegi kullanilmistir. Degiskenler arasindaki iliskinin analizi için pearson momentler çarpim korelasyon katsayisi teknigi, iç ve dis denetimli ögrencilerin mesleki olgunluklarinin kariyer karar verme güçlükleri puanlarini yordama gücü için ise regresyon analizi ile hesaplanmistir. Arastirma bulgularina göre mesleki olgunluk, kariyer karar verme güçlüklerinin toplam puan ve alt boyutlarini yordamaktadir. Ayrica iç denetimli ögrencilerin mesleki olgunluk düzeyi kariyer karar verme güçlükleri düzeyini dis denetimli olanlara göre daha fazla yordadigi sonucuna ulasilmistir.