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The aims of this study were as follows: (a) to compare levels of career thoughts
and vocational identity between young adult childhood central nervous system
(CNS) cancer survivors and noncancer peers and (b) to investigate the
contribution of vocational identity and affect on career thoughts among cancer
survivors. Participants included 45 young adult CNS cancer survivors and a
comparison sample of 60 college students. Participants completed Career Thoughts
Inventory, My Vocational Situation, and the Positive and Negative Affect
Schedule. Multivariate analysis of variance and multiple regression analysis were
used to analyze the data in this study. CNS cancer survivors had a higher level
of decision-making confusion than the college students. Multiple regression
analysis indicated that vocational identity and positive affect significantly
predicted the career thoughts of CNS survivors. The differences in
decision-making confusion suggest that young adult CNS survivors would benefit
from interventions that focus on providing knowledge of how to make decisions,
while increasing vocational identity and positive affect for this specific
population could also be beneficial.

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