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Group Process in a Women's Career Intervention
Author(s) -
Mawson Diana L.,
Kahn Sharon E.
Publication year - 1993
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/j.2161-0045.1993.tb00374.x
Subject(s) - group counseling , psychology , intervention (counseling) , group process , maturity (psychological) , process (computing) , career counseling , cognition , vocational education , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , developmental psychology , applied psychology , pedagogy , psychiatry , computer science , operating system
This study explored women's experiences of group process in a career planning intervention, and the relationship of those experiences to vocational maturity. We used goal instability as the dependent variable to describe the psychological states and needs of career‐undecided women ( n = 99), and we used Yalom's model of group process to identify group process factors and their influence on levels of goal instability at posttest and follow‐up interviews 2 months later. Results indicated that women clients, similar to other counseling clients, highly valued both cognitive and affective components of group process in career counseling groups.