Effect of Group Career Counseling Based Kromboltz's Learning Model on Self -Efficacy, Career Dysfunctional Beliefs and Skills Confidence among High School First Graders

Subject Areas : Education

D. Jalali ¹ , A. Aghaei ² , f. Nazari ³

1 - دانشجوی دکتری تخصصی روان‌شناسی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد علوم و تحقیقات اصفهان، اصفهان، ایران
2 - دانشیار دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد خوراسگان (اصفهان)، گروه روان‌شناسی، اصفهان، ایران
3 - کارشناس ارشد مشاوره شغلی دانشگاه اصفهان

Received: 2013-09-15 Accepted : 2013-09-15 Published : 2013-03-21

Keywords: Group career counseling, Kromboltz's Learning Model, self-efficacy, Career dysfunctional beliefs, Skills confidence,

Abstract :

This study principally aimed at examining the effect of group career counseling based on Kromboltz's learning model on self-efficacy, career dysfunctional beliefs and skills confidence among high school first graders. This quasi-experimental study included all high school first graders in Char Mahal & Bakhtiyari Province (n=34120) in the academic year 2010-2011. A total of 64 students was selected through stage sampling and then assigned into two groups of control (n=32) and experimental (n=32). Both groups were administered the self-efficacy, career dysfunctional thought and skills confidence inventories as pre-, post- and follow-up tests. Further, the experimental group received a treatment of group career counseling based on Kromboltz's learning model for 9 sessions of 90 minutes each. The results of MANCOVA revealed that group career counseling gave rise to a significant difference in self-efficacy and career dysfunctional believes (P< 0.01). In addition, from among the six dimensions of skills confidence, only realistic and exploring domains were significantly affected by the treatment (P< 0.05).