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A structured life-planning workshop geared to outreach or preventative vocational counseling was studied. Behavioral and attitudinal measures derived from a career process model of career development were examined. Significant differences between experimental and control groups were found on behavioral measures of pre-post changes in information seeking, the total number of occupations subjects were considering, and the congruence of these alternatives with their measured interests. No changes were found in attitudes about choosing a career or perceptions of strengths and weaknesses.'The data in this study are taken from a doctoral dissertation by the second author (Cochran, 1972).Special thanks are due to Newton E. James, director, Student Counseling Service, University of Arizona, for his encouragement and support."Requests for reprints should be sent to Reed
The present study focused on the impact of the System of Interactive Guidance Information (SIGI), a relatively new computer-assisted instructional system (CAI), on career decision-making processes of 72 volunteer undergraduate college students. The experimental treatment included pre-post testing, brief interviewing (15 minutes), and a 3-hour interaction, with SIGI scheduled in 1-hour time blocks within a 10-day period. Decision-making stage, as measured by Barren's Vocational Decision-Making Checklist, and locus of control of reinforcement, as measured by Rotter's scale, were the outcome variables investigated. Students were randomly assigned to a treatment group (n = 48) or to a wait/control group (n = 24). Results showed significant (p < .05) positive changes for the treatment group on pre-post measures of decision-making stage related to choice of college major. No significant changes (p < .05) were found in pre-post decision-making stage measures related to vocation or to locus of control of reinforcement. The results suggest that brief exposure to a CAI mode can have positive effects, particularly for improving skills related to choice of college major.
Traditional career development theories typically stress those aspects of the environment that are directly related to occupational performance. In this article the authors expand the traditional concept of the environment so that it includes the institutional press in which the individual functions. They explore a specific dimension of the institutional press, that of the relationship between the academic departments of a university and the career development of its students. They develop and illustrate a counseling intervention aimed at modifying the press of a university's academic department to make its orientation more consonant with the career development needs of its students, and they define the function of a career development consultant in this process.
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