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Evaluating DISCOVER's Effectiveness in Enhancing College Students' Social Cognitive Career Development
Author(s) -
Maples Michael R.,
Luzzo Darrell Anthony
Publication year - 2005
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.2161-0045.2005.tb00996.x
Subject(s) - cognitive information processing , career counseling , psychology , social cognitive theory , career development , career portfolio , exploratory research , medical education , applied psychology , cognition , counseling psychology , social psychology , medicine , sociology , neuroscience , anthropology
College students (20 women, 14 men) seeking career counseling services at a university career center participated in this exploratory investigation. A 2 (DISCOVER treatment) × 2 (counseling treatment) research design was used to evaluate the individual and combined effects of DISCOVER (ACT, 1998) and counseling on participants' career decision‐making self‐efficacy and career decision‐making attributional style. Findings revealed a significant effect of the use of DISCOVER on participants' career decision‐making self‐efficacy and their sense of control over the career decision‐making process. Results are discussed regarding the implications for career counseling and ideas for further research in this domain.