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Download full textBergland, Bruce – 1974
This study developed and experimentally evaluated a series of structured interaction materials and group social models for promoting career information-seeking and information-processing behaviors by high school students. Personality characteristics (introversion-extroversion) of subjects were assessed to determine how these factors influence…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Planning, Counselor Role, Decision Making Skills
Ard, Robert F.; Hyder, Jr., Lecter L. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1978
Through factor analysis, this study sought to identify common interests undergraduates have in engaging in career planning. Five objectives underlying student interest are identified. Likelihood of achieving these objectives through participation in various career planning activities is assessed. Implications for developing career planning…
Descriptors: Achievement, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Planning
Bartsch, Karl; Hackett, Gail – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1979
Assessed the effectiveness of an established two-credit course in personal-career decision making. Results indicate that experimental participants altered their locus of control toward internality; that they were considerably more articulate than controls in describing career concepts; and that they had taken more action toward resolving their…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Planning, College Students, Counseling Effectiveness
Bergland, Bruce W.; Lundquist, Gerald W. – Journal of Counseling Services, 1978
This study investigates the effectiveness of the Vocational Exploration Group in helping high school students begin to evaluate personal characteristics, identify job alternatives, and seek information about those alternatives. The sample consisted of 63 high school students in a suburb of Denver. Groups met for two and one-half hours. (Author/JEL)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Opportunities, Career Planning, Decision Making Skills
Peer reviewedLunneborg, Patricia W. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1976
This study compared 127 vocationally undecided college graduates matched by sex, age, and college major with graduates selecting occupations on a Survey of Graduating Seniors. Undecideds had lower grade point averages, fewer career plans, less graduate school attendance, and less satisfaction with university experiences. Suggestions for countering…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Planning
Peer reviewedMendonca, James D.; Siess, Thomas F. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1976
University students (N=32) with anxious vocational indecision were randomly assigned to five training conditions: (1) anxiety management; (2) problem-solving; (3) both of the above; (4) a placebo procedure; and (5) a no-treatment condition. A combination of anxiety-management and problem-solving training was proven more effective than either…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Planning
