The Impact of Life Coaching on Undergraduate Students: A Multiyear Analysis of Coaching Outcomes

Lefdahl-Davis, Erin M.; Huffman, Levi C.; Stancil, Jackie; Alayan, Alexandra

doi:10.24384/000560

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“…Life coaching is a future-oriented, nondirective process of working with individuals or groups of people to help them work toward valued goals, pursue purposes across life domains, and reach their potential (Grant, 2003;Green et al, 2006). In this sense, life coaching shares similarities with life crafting in the focus on increased self-awareness, goal-pursuit, maximising potential, and futureoriented selves (Lefdahl- Davis et al, 2018), though life coaching usually involves an ongoing relationship with a coach who helps facilitate this process (Grant, 2003). Life crafting may, in fact, act as a precursor to a full coaching relationship.…”

Section: Life Coachingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Life Crafting and Self-Determination: An Intervention to Help Emerging Adults Create an Authentic and Meaningful Life

Napier,

Slemp,

Vella-Brodrick

2024

Emerging Adulthood

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In this paper, we expand on the concept of life crafting and discuss how a life crafting intervention may be useful for emerging adults to help them live a more meaningful and authentic life. Combining self-determination, meaning-making, and life crafting theories, we propose an intervention that involves five components: values exploration, intrinsic interests, contribution to others, a coherent life narrative, and self-concordant goal-setting. First, we discuss the two conceptualisations of life crafting in the literature to date. Second, we explore the eudaimonic philosophy of self-determination theory and how this serves to guide the intervention. Finally, we propose our life crafting intervention and discuss how the components may be delivered to emerging adults to foster more meaning, authenticity, and psychological need satisfaction. Similarities and differences with other programs of research are discussed, as well as the unique contribution of this life crafting intervention.

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Section: Life Coachingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Life Crafting and Self-Determination: An Intervention to Help Emerging Adults Create an Authentic and Meaningful Life

Napier,

Slemp,

Vella-Brodrick

2024

Emerging Adulthood

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“…Coaching in higher education may be more directive, with coaches facilitating structured opportunities for exploration and reflection, and researchers suggest that higher education coaches take a holistic approach that emphasizes relationship building and personal development to help students learn how to craft their own narratives and success (Robinson, 2015;Sepulveda, 2017). Lefdahl-Davis et al (2018) found that coaching helped university students navigate academic challenges and career uncertainty by increasing their awareness of their values and confidence in goal setting and attainment. Alzen et al (2021) found that undergraduates who participated in coaching experienced improved academic outcomes and were less likely to drop courses.…”

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“…However, researchers have found group LSP in universities to be effective with EA students to promote career readiness and reflective practice (Peabody and Turesky, 2018;Thomson et al, 2018), which may help them develop a growth mindset (O'Sullivan and Baxter, 2023). LSP is a single-session approach, and research suggests that EAs may benefit from more succinct interventions (Alzen et al, 2021;Lefdahl-Davis et al, 2018), and short-term coaching can have long-term positive outcomes (Dryden, 2019), such as taking steps toward an immediate goal while also developing a process for initiating steps toward future goals. These types of interventions invite opportunities for follow-up and reflection, giving them the potential to meet EAs where they are developmentally.…”

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“…LSP is a single-session approach, and research suggests that EAs may benefit from more succinct interventions (Alzen et al. , 2021; Lefdahl-Davis et al. , 2018), and short-term coaching can have long-term positive outcomes (Dryden, 2019), such as taking steps toward an immediate goal while also developing a process for initiating steps toward future goals.…”

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One-to-one LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® positive psychology coaching for emerging adults: a single-participant case study

Moore

O’Sullivan

2023

IJMCE

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PurposeThis study explores one-to-one LEGO® Serious Play® in positive psychology coaching (1-1 LSP in PPC) as an intervention to help emerging adults (EAs) in higher education develop a growth mindset.Design/methodology/approachThis is a qualitative single-participant case study of an EA undergraduate student's experience with 1-1 LSP in PPC to help him navigate uncertainty about making a decision that he felt would influence his future career.Findings1-1 LSP in PPC enabled the participant to create a metaphoric representation of how a growth mindset operated for him, promoting self-awareness and reflectivity. The LEGO® model that the participant built during his final session acted as a reminder of the resources and processes he developed during coaching, which helped him navigate future challenges.Research limitations/implicationsThis study contributes to the emerging literature on the impact of using LSP as a tool in one-to-one coaching in higher education. The participant's experience demonstrates that 1-1 LSP in PPC may be an effective way to support positive EA development. More research is needed to explore its potential.Practical implicationsThis study provides a possible roadmap to incorporate 1-1 LSP in PPC into coaching in higher education as a reflective tool to build a growth mindset in EA students.Originality/valueBecause most undergraduates are EAs navigating the transition from adolescence into adulthood, universities would benefit from adopting developmentally informed coaching practices. 1-1 LSP in PPC may be an effective intervention that provides the structured and psychologically safe environment EAs need to develop lasting personal resources.

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Coaching supports students with disabilities goal attainment in higher education

Potvin

Ryan

Zolotnitsky

et al. 2023

Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Prac

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The Impact of Life Coaching on Undergraduate Students: A Multiyear Analysis of Coaching Outcomes

Cited by 4 publications

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Life Crafting and Self-Determination: An Intervention to Help Emerging Adults Create an Authentic and Meaningful Life

Life Crafting and Self-Determination: An Intervention to Help Emerging Adults Create an Authentic and Meaningful Life

One-to-one LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® positive psychology coaching for emerging adults: a single-participant case study

Coaching supports students with disabilities goal attainment in higher education

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