1. Assessment of the value of group-based counselling for career construction.
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Maree, Jacobus Gideon, Cook, Antoinette V., and Fletcher, Lizelle
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VOCATIONAL guidance , *HIGH school student attitudes , *INTROSPECTION , *SELF-esteem , *CAREER development - Abstract
This article reports on the change in the career adaptability of participants exposed to an intervention programme characterized by career and self-construction principles compared to the change in participants who participated in standard, traditional career counselling lessons. Convenience and purposive sampling were used to select two groups (experimental and comparison of Grade 11 learners). Intervention occurred in both experimental groups. A mixed methods, quasi-experimental, pre-test/post-test comparison group design was used to gather data. Pre- and post-test scores obtained on theCareer Adapt-Abilities Scale(CAAS) were analysed. The quantitative results suggested that the intervention programme did not improve participants’ career adaptability compared to standard, traditional career counselling lessons as measured by theCAAS. Future research should include the use of measures of self-reflection and meaning-making to test the direct effects of experimental interventions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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