Efficacy of a group career construction intervention with early adolescent youth
Title
Efficacy of a group career construction intervention with early adolescent youth
Creator
Santilli Sara; Nota Laura; Hartung Paul J
Publisher
Journal of Vocational Behavior
Date
2019
2019-04
Description
Career construction for life design aims to assist individuals across developmental age periods to anticipate and manage career transitions. We developed and implemented a group career construction intervention based on the My Career Story (MCS) workbook and compared it with a traditional career intervention for fostering life-career design among early adolescent youth. Participants (N = 108) were assigned based on convenience to an experimental group (27 girls, 27 boys) or a control group (27 girls, 27 boys). All participants responded pre- and postintervention to measures of career adaptability, hope and optimism, and resilience and future orientation. Results indicated increased postintervention scores on career adaptability and future orientation measures for the experimental group but not for the control group. Likewise, moderation analysis revealed post-intervention increases in scores on measures of the concern and control dimensions of career adaptability for the experimental group only. No significant changes occurred in hope and optimism or resilience scores for either group. Social validity analysis supported participants' perceived efficacy, usefulness, and satisfaction with the career construction counseling group intervention. The MCS shows promise as a narrative-based intervention to promote particular aspects of youth life-career construction. Future research is needed to further examine and support the efficacy of the MCS for this purpose.
Subject
Career adaptability; Career construction; Early adolescent career development; Life design; My career story
Identifier
URL Address
Rights
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Pages
49-58
Volume
111
Citation
Santilli Sara; Nota Laura; Hartung Paul J, “Efficacy of a group career construction intervention with early adolescent youth,” NEOMED Bibliography Database, accessed November 1, 2024, https://neomed.omeka.net/items/show/6391.