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career concerns of unemployed u.s. war veterans: suggestions from a cognitive information processing approach
Author(s) -
Bullock Emily E.,
Braud Jennifer,
Andrews Lindsay,
Phillips Jennifer
Publication year - 2009
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.2161-1920.2009.tb00080.x
Subject(s) - psychology , vocational education , cognitive information processing , intervention (counseling) , career counseling , substance abuse , information processing , mental health , personality , cognition , applied psychology , cognitive style , clinical psychology , social psychology , medical education , career development , psychiatry , pedagogy , cognitive psychology , medicine
The authors examined U.S. war veterans' career concerns (e.g., interests, personality, barriers, career thoughts) to provide possible avenues for research‐based and theory‐driven intervention. The veterans who participated in the study were receiving mental health, substance abuse, and vocational services at a residential facility. Participants were found to have interests in all RIASEC (J. L. Holland, B. A. Fritzsche, & A. B. Powell, 1994; J. L. Holland & G. D. Gottfredson, 1994) interest areas, and negative career thinking was found to be related to a variety of negative indicators. Suggestions are provided for working with veterans using the Cognitive Information Processing approach to career decision making.