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Group Career Construction Counseling: A Mixed‐Methods Intervention Study With High School Students
Author(s) -
Maree Jacobus Gideon
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the career development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.846
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 2161-0045
pISSN - 0889-4019
DOI - 10.1002/cdq.12162
Subject(s) - nonprobability sampling , intervention (counseling) , group counseling , psychology , context (archaeology) , career counseling , scale (ratio) , clinical psychology , medical education , medicine , applied psychology , population , psychiatry , paleontology , physics , environmental health , quantum mechanics , biology
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.