Effects of short-term counseling on Career Maturity of tenth-grade students

Theoretical Structure of Career Maturity for Rural Adolescents with Learning Disabilities

“…In addition to being longitudinal in scope, programs cannot be designed and implemented in isolation but must be integrated into a sequential educational experience (Flake et al, 1975). Khan and Alvi (1983) recommended that any program designed to facilitate career development must be conceived as part of a total educational experience that establishes career goals reflecting CMI subscales.…”

“…Crites' ( 1978a;1978b) Career Maturity Inventory (CMI) was chosen to assess career maturity levels. The CMI measures the maturity of attitude and competencies necessary for realistic career decision making (Walsh & Hanle, 1975) and was formulated from Super's dimensions of orientation to vocational choice, information and planning, and crystallization of traits (Flake, Roach, & Stenning, 1975). The Attitude Scale &dquo;elicits the feelings, subjective reactions, and disposition that an individual has toward making a career choice and entering the world of work&dquo; (Crites, 1978a, p, 3).…”

Career Maturity Inventory Interpretations for Grade 9 Boys and Girls

“…He offers a description of a career counseling interview with a female client (Crites, 1978b, p. 39) conducted by looking at the profile (based on standard scores-percentile ranks) and comparing highs and lows with each other. Flake, Roach, and Stenning (1975) provided individual counseling sessions for students in grade 10 who scored below average on AS and SA. Compared with the randomly assigned control group, the counseled students scored significantly higher on SA (Competence Test) but not on AS.…”

The Career Decision‐Making Course: Description and Field Test

“…During the last 15 years, counselors have devised several ways of using the CMI rationales with the teaching-the-test method. Flake, Roach, and Stenning (1975) combined the teach-the-test method with a second instructional counseling method, reinforcement-modeling. In individual sessions, counselors reviewed clients' incorrect responses to CMI items without indicating that the client had responded immaturely to the items.…”