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Finding order and direction from chaos: a comparison of chaos career counseling and trait matching counseling
Author(s) -
McKay Hannah,
Bright Jim E. H.,
Pryor Robert G. L.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of employment counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.252
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2161-1920
pISSN - 0022-0787
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2005.tb00904.x
Subject(s) - trait , matching (statistics) , career counseling , psychology , chaos (operating system) , social psychology , intervention (counseling) , applied psychology , career planning , counseling psychology , control (management) , medical education , pedagogy , computer science , medicine , mathematics , artificial intelligence , statistics , computer security , programming language , psychiatry
Chaos career counseling , based on the Chaos Theory of Careers (R. G. L. Pryor & J. E. H. Bright, 2003a, 2003b), was compared with trait matching career counseling and a wait list control. Sixty university students who attended the Careers Research and Assessment Service seeking career advice were randomly assigned to the chaos intervention, the trait matching intervention, or a wait list control group. Both chaos and trait matching counseling had a positive impact; however, chaos counseling had a more lasting effect. Overall, results support using the chaos counseling approach as a valid alternative to trait matching approaches. Implications for counseling practice as well as future research are discussed.