Who was an early advocate for blending career and personal concerns and viewed them as occupational mental health?

• A. Krumboltz
• B. Osipow
• C. Super
• D. Holland

Answer: (B)

Blending career concerns with personal well-being is a psychosocial view of career development: work is part of a person’s overall mental health, not a separate sphere. Osipow is known for articulating this approach, emphasizing how personal factors, values, and environmental pressures shape occupational adjustment and well-being. He treated work as a domain that can influence mental health, making him an early advocate for integrating personal concerns with career. The other figures contributed to career theory in important ways—learning-based decision making, self-concept across the life span, and person–environment fit—but they did not center occupational mental health in the same explicit way.