The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of a career exploration counseling program for academic high school students on career self-efficacy, career decision level and career perparation behavior. In order to achieve these purposes, I forme...
The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of a career exploration counseling program for academic high school students on career self-efficacy, career decision level and career perparation behavior. In order to achieve these purposes, I formed following hypotheses.
1. A experimental group, which is participated in the career exploration counseling program will show higher degree in the scale of the career self-efficacy compared with a control group that were not participated in the career exploration counseling program.
2. The experimental group, which is participated in the career exploration counseling program will show higher degree in the scale of the career decision level compared with the control group that were not participated in the career exploration counseling program.
3. The experimental group, which is participated in the career exploration counseling program will show higher degree in the scale of the career preparation behavior compared with the control group that were not participated in the career exploration counseling program.
To test the effect of this program on academic high school students' career self-efficacy, career decision level, and career preparation behavior, one classroom students were selected and assigned randomly to either experimental(n=36) or control group(n=36).
The career exploration counseling program was arranged on every Saturday for six weeks and each session took about 90 minutes. During this period, the control group was not handled at all.
The measuring instruments used that career decision-making self-efficacy short form developed by Betz(1983), career decision scale developde by Osipow(1986), and career preparation behavior test developed by Bonghwan Kim(1997).
Before and after the career exploration counseling program, I gave the experimental group and control group the tests including those three measuring instruments. The tests were statistically processed by t-test method using SPSS 10.0 program. The significance level was set as p < .50. By collecting those data, I made a conclusion.
The conclusion of this study is as follows.
1. The career exploration counseling program had a significant effect on enhancing the level of career self-efficacy.
2. The career exploration counseling program had a significant effect on enhancing the level of career decision level.
3. The career exploration counseling program had a significant effect on enhancing the level of career preparation behavior.