A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Career Intervention Programs for College Student on Career Barriers

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of career intervention programs on the career barriers of college student using meta-analysis. For this purpose, KERIS(Korea Education and Research Information Service, http://www. riss.kr), which is integrated with domestic academic databases, has been searched and related data were collected. In particular, data collection and selection research was based on Wood & Mayo-Wilson (2012)'s PICOS(Population or Participants, Intervention, Comparison, Outcomes, Study design) criteria. The data of this study are as of September 2019, 9 domestic journals and 2 theses which analyzed the effects of career intervention programs on the career barriers of college student. The effect size of the whole career barrier was analyzed using Comprehensive Meta-Analysis & STATA software. The main results of this study are as follows. The overall average effect of career intervention programs on the career barriers of college student was Hedges' g=-1.023(95% CI: -1.642～-.403), and the U₃ index was 84 percentile. Finally, the implications of this study were discussed and the suggestions for future research were presented based on the limitations of this study.