Effectiveness of career choice interventions: A meta-analytic replication and extension

Whiston, Susan C.; Li, Yue; Mitts, Nancy Goodrich; Wright, Lauren

doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2017.03.010

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“…Few studies have examined group career construction counseling (Di Fabio & Maree, 2012, 2013; van der Horst & Klehe, 2018; Whiston et al, 2017). Theories abound on group career counseling, but little actual research and reporting on the subject have been done.…”

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Group Career Construction Counseling: A Mixed‐Methods Intervention Study With High School Students

Maree

2019

The Career Development Quart

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This study investigated the value of group career construction counseling in a high school context. The author used purposive sampling to select participants who had sought career counseling. A mixed‐methods intervention study design was also used. Participants (N = 57) completed the Career Adapt‐Abilities Scale–South Africa (CAAS‐SA) before the 1st and after the 2nd intervention. The Career Interest Profile and the Maree Career Matrix were used to facilitate the intervention, and the CAAS‐SA was used to test the research hypotheses. The findings revealed that the boys’ and the girls’ career adaptability had improved meaningfully on all of the CAAS‐SA subscales. No gender‐based differences were found. However, differences were detected between both the boys’ and the girls’ pre‐ and posttest Control and Confidence subscale scores. The findings demonstrate the value of career construction counseling in group settings. More longitudinal research with diverse participants is needed.

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Group Career Construction Counseling: A Mixed‐Methods Intervention Study With High School Students

Maree

2019

The Career Development Quart

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“…Although strides have been made to include more qualitative studies in our literature, the concern about the research rigor in vocational psychology remains largely unchanged. Scholars continue to bemoan poor designs in intervention research (Brown, 2017;Whiston, Li, Mitts, & Wright, 2017;Whiston, Rossier, & Barón, 2017). Fouad's (2001) concern about research in vocational psychology relying too heavily on correlational research perhaps due to practical concerns remains largely an issue.…”

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Turning Around to Look Ahead: Views of Vocational Psychology in 2001 and 2019

Fouad

Kozlowski

2019

Journal of Career Assessment

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Ten scholars in vocational psychology identified strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in a 2001 issue of the Journal of Vocational Behavior. This article reviews the state of the field in 2001 and then identifies to what extent the strengths and concerns have changed in the past two decades. While the field continues to have a strong theoretical and empirical tradition, old concerns about insularity, methods used to examine research questions, gulfs between science and practice, and turf wars remain a serious threat to the field. We outline the nature of these concerns and propose recommendations from the literature to these concerns.

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“…It is likely that the 2018 decrease in student numbers engaging with the careers service is a result of careers staff no longer dedicated to the biomedical science degree-program, and the ceasing of one-onone career consultations, as had occurred in previous years. It is also worth considering the need for a dedicated careers advisor employed by the faculty to provide a career development role for Biomedical science students (see student comments referring to the need for one-on-one career advice development expert are more effective than self-directed or computer-mediated interventions (see Brown & Ryan Krane, 2000;Whiston et al, 2003;Whiston & James, 2013;Whiston, Li, Goodrich, Mitts, & Wright, 2017). In order to increase student engagement with the careers service, workshops from the new modified offerings are being incorporated into the PDP to highlight the value of participating in such offerings to students.…”

Section: Student Engagement With the University Careers Service; The mentioning

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A professional development program with an assessed ePortfolio: A practical solution for engaging undergraduates with their career development in large student cohorts

Choate

Demaria

Etheve

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JTLGE

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Undergraduate biomedical science degree-programs are considered to be non-vocational, with a diverse range of career outcomes. At our university, student and academic feedback indicated that biomedical science students were anxious and uncertain about their career options. In response to this careers anxiety, an in-curriculum, course-wide and assessed professional development program (PDP) was developed and delivered into the biomedical science degree-program by an integrated team of careers educators and biomedical academics. This program aimed to engage a large cohort of biomedical students (>1000) with their career development, improving their careers awareness and reducing their anxiety about careers options. The impacts of the program on students’ career and employability skills development, as well as their self-reported levels of psychological distress, were evaluated with on-line anonymous student surveys. Student engagement with the program was linked with program assessment submission rates and student interactions with the University Careers Service. Completion of the program increased students’ careers knowledge and confidence, enhanced their awareness of career options and employability skills and increased their engagement with the University Careers Service. It did not alter students’ self-reported levels of depression, anxiety and stress, but students who rated themselves poorly on careers awareness and confidence statements were more likely to have severe depression, anxiety and stress. This program provides a practical approach for students’ career and employability skills development in large cohorts, but could be expanded to include an intervention to reduce student anxiety.

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Effectiveness of career choice interventions: A meta-analytic replication and extension

Cited by 172 publications

References 51 publications

Group Career Construction Counseling: A Mixed‐Methods Intervention Study With High School Students

Group Career Construction Counseling: A Mixed‐Methods Intervention Study With High School Students

Turning Around to Look Ahead: Views of Vocational Psychology in 2001 and 2019

A professional development program with an assessed ePortfolio: A practical solution for engaging undergraduates with their career development in large student cohorts

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