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Career Counseling for Women Preparing to Leave Abusive Relationships: A Social Cognitive Career Theory Approach
Author(s) -
Morris Carrie A. Wachter,
Shoffner Marie F.,
Newsome Deborah W.
Publication year - 2009
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.2161-0045.2009.tb00172.x
Subject(s) - social cognitive theory , psychology , career counseling , social psychology , cognition , face (sociological concept) , cognitive information processing , relevance (law) , population , career development , applied psychology , medicine , sociology , social science , environmental health , neuroscience , political science , law
Career counselors work with people from varied segments of society. For battered women, some of the challenges they face from intimate partner violence may significantly influence their career exploration and decision making. Social cognitive career theory (SCCT; R. W. Lent, S. D. Brown, & G. Hackett, 1994) is a framework that has important implications for working with these women. In this article, the authors present the unique career needs of battered women terminating abusive relationships, the relevance of SCCT to this population, strategies for using SCCT when working with these women, and a case study illustrating effective use of SCCT.