This study tested the effectiveness of a program for parents to help their adolescent sons and daughters develop a greater sense of agency regarding a career. In a pretest-posttest control group design involving 39 families in the experimental group and 25 families in a wait-listed control group, a multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) with repeated measures was used to test improvement on 6 variables concerned with career and a sense of agency. The MANOVA yielded a significant effect for groups over time. Analysis of variance with repeated measures showed that 4 of 6 univariate tests were also significant. Through career planning with a parent, adolescents in Grade 12 showed greater career certainty, less indecision, more career salience, and stronger ego identity.
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