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
This article reports a project in which students in a college level adjustment course were taught to apply a model of behavior change in order to gain greater control over their own behavior. Pilot data suggest that students found the experience worthwhile, that many of them learned to make substantial changes in their behavior, and that some of them maintained a high degree of transfer to new problems that confronted them after the class had ended. The approach appears to have a great deal of potential for those who would like to extend their counseling beyond the confines of their offices and who would like to combine their counseling and teaching interests.
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