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Introduction
Students particularly in senior high are now considering or having an idea of what
career they would choose once they step up in college. Choosing a career in the future is
a very crucial part of being an early adulthood, for he or she must consider his or her own
preferences, interests, capabilities, and skills. Other than that, external factors such as
career prospects, variations in the job market, etc. can greatly affects career decision-
making.
Self-esteem is the thing that make an individual feel confident, valuable, and
worthy to have respect. People with high self-esteem often feels good about
themselves and their progress through life. Because they think that whatever tasks
they are asked to do, they can do it for they have the courage to take the risk and the
knowledge to do it. But people with low self-esteem often feel shame and self-
doubt.. For they have a low commitment to the doings they are about to do. They
The term self-esteem was first used by William James in 1890 which makes it
one of the oldest concepts in the field in the mid 1960 Maurice Rosenberg and other
social learning theorists define self-esteem in terms of stable sense of personal woth
Levy and Baumgardner (1991) stated that individuals who have high level of
self-esteem are more likely to choose challenging goals when compared with
individuals who had levels of self-esteem. It was also found that male participants
chose more difficult goals than female so ot affects their goal choice.
It involves effectively identifying and selecting career choices that reflect individual’s
transitions in educational or occupational status (Gati, Krasuz and Osipow, 1996 ). Yet
changes in education and occupation may often results to difficulties in choosing career
wider benefits in terms of better life satisfaction among those students who are career
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It is important for students to realize that the career decision making process, is
just that, a process. It is not an event. Individuals have to continuously make decisions
regarding future careers. Making sound and informed decisions is the key to good
choices. Understanding oneself (interests, skills, values) also plays a major role in the
decision making process. It is important to take responsibility for and own the decisions
made.
As a student stepped up on their 9th grade of studying, their skills and knowledge
Examination. Through this studnts would have an idea of what are the possible strands
they are applicable in. As we reach Grade 12, we are embeded with a responsility of
choosing what career we are about to take up for our future. Now that we are in a stage
where everything that we will be deciding is very risky, there is still a doubt on our mind
if we can take the pressure or can we able to pass our course, can we even survive from
the subject?. Having a low self-esteem is a big hindrance for a student to lear. Because he
or she will put a limit on her mind that they can’t do it due to lack of trust to his or her
self. According to Dr. Ken Shore having a low self-esteem could lessen a student's desire
to learn, their ability to focus, and their willingness to take risks. On the other hand
having a positive self-esteem is one of the building blocks of school success. A student
who have a high self-esteem is very open to experience which is an advantage to him.
Because once a student had already an experience, he would able to evaluate if it is suited
to him or not. He also easily can approach a person or a people who can help and guide
him.
Theoretical Framework
Each and every student have different levels of self-estee. Some students have
high self-esteem, others have the other way around. Students with low self-esteem can
lessen their desire to learn and their ability to focus on their study. On the other hand
students that has a high level of self-steem has the capacity to be sucessful someday.
individual can express their feelings and thoughts without any doubts, due to the
acceptance of other people and being respected and appreciated. Otherwise, person who
will have high-self-esteem through their hierarchy of needs framework and pyramid.
Self-esteem can help someone to express his or her feelings, ideas, oprnion, and
perspective without any hestation if the people in his or her surrouunding accepts and
respects him or her. Roger emphasize that being expose and being communative to others
really helps the students to gain self-esteem. And when they have something in mind they
can express it without a doubt because they know to theirselves that it is fine to be
rejected. But if the student was used to be judged or crutenized in giving his or idea, they
would be force to hide their thought and the closure from other people would vanished.
Rogers said that if someone grow up within a really stiff or not flexible like super strict
practice they cannot express themselves because they do not have opporunity. On the
other side, if we have comfortable and affirmative environment which allow to express
This research aims to find out the relationship between Level of Confidence of
Specific Problems:
1.) What is the confidence level of the Grade 12 Students of Palm Valley Multiple
Intelligence School?
3.) What is the relationship of the Confidence Level from the career decidedness of
This research aims to study the relationship between the Level of Confidence in
time goes. This is along with the implementation of K-12 program which aims to give
students a high-quality education. This study will be beneficial for the following group of
people:
determine if they are sure to the path they will be going. This also prevent them to change
their course.
To Teachers. This research study will serve as a guide for the teachers on how
they will motivate and teach their students and also help them to choose the right track.
To Future Researchers. This study will serve as a guide for future studies
involving the academic performance and confidence level of students in pursuing ABM
related courses. Future researchers will provide facts and relevant information in which
Research Paradigm
Esteem Decidedness.
1. Interest in Field
1.) Openness
2. Academic Activity
2.) Conscientiousness
3. Familiarity
3.) Extraversion
4. Economic Stability
4.) Agreeableness
5. Influential people can
5.) Neuroticism
play a role in the
In personality processes self-esteem is considered to play an important role whether
cognitive and motivational aspects result in vulnerability or resiliency. Trait level of self-
esteem combined with different needs and strivings to maintain or increase self-esteem, is
different habitual thought and behavior patterns than contingent self-esteem, that involves
seeking compensation from emotional support and acceptance. These behaviours and
attitudes have in recent studies been linked to distinctive patterns of coping with social
Therefore, self-esteem is unstable and can fluctuate depending on the feedback received.
We may also become defensive in order to protect our self-esteem when we feel it is
being threatened.
affective processes1 dicates that people with low self-esteem are likely to experience
Self-esteem has been conceptualized as an outcome, motive, and buffer, but there is no
Levy and Baumgardner, stated that a person who have a high level of self-esteem
are willingly to choose challenging goals when compared to individuals who have a low
level of self-esteem. It also comes up that male participants chose the difficult golas than
the females. The results indicate that self-esteem affects goal choice. Interestingly
previous studies have been supporting benefits of government sector. A person who has
high self-esteem likes the challenging goals because they are confident enough to face
those challenges. They also said that males has the most difficult goals than a female so it
Self-efficacy can help an individual to gain self-esteem, so they could excute their
actions efficiently. A person’s self-efficacy aids to find out solutions to their problem
how well one excute courses of action recquired to deal with strategic decisions, if an
individual has self-efficacy, he or she will have self-confidence. Self-efficacy can help
Resnick, Fauble and Osipow (1970) found out that men who have a high level of
self-esteem showed greater certainty regarding their career choices when compared with
men who displayed low levels of self-esteem. Similarly, woman who’s having a high
self-esteem showed greater certainty about their career plans than women with low self-
esteem. If you are a man who has a high self esteem who are able to cope up and show
greater advantage cartainty in choosing your preferred choice. Same as the woman, if you
have high self-esteem, it can help you to decide what career you will take. Self-esteem
are the reason why they are very confident and their decision has not changed.
knows his or her value as a person therefore it is very clear if the presence continues to
know his or her personal worth or worthiness we can say- that a person has a high self-
esteem.
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