Career intervention process and outcomes

• Autor(a) principal: Faria, Liliana da Costa
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Outros Autores: Taveira, Maria do Céu
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Fractal : Revista de Psicologia
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.uff.br/fractal/article/view/4845
• topic: process; outcomes; career intervention

This study analyzes the process and outcomes of a career counselling intervention. A total of 321 students (178 experimental group y 143 control group), between 13 and 17 years old participated in the study. The counselling process was analysed through the use of the Client Reaction System, while the intervention outcomes assessment included the use of the Career Exploration and Decision Scales. Results of the counselling process analysis evidences that, during the intervention, the reactions of hopeful, relief, better self-understanding, clear, responsibility, new perspective, educated, challenged, and no reaction, registered significant changes in a positive sense throughout the sessions, being the outcome favourable to the intervention. Experimental group had significantly higher scores in several career exploration dimensions and significantly lower scores in career indecision scale. The size of the effect pre-postest was average to high in almost all the career exploration scales, and average in the indecision measure.