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Effects of a Career Exploration Intervention on Students' Career Maturity and Self-Concept
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Lau, Poh Li; Chung, Y. Barry; Wang, Lei – Journal of Career Development, 2021
This study investigated the effects of a career exploration intervention (CEI) on career maturity and self-concept among Malaysian high school students, using a true experimental design (pretest--posttest with a control group). One hundred thirty-nine high school students in Malaysia were recruited and randomly assigned to receive either a CEI or…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Career Planning, Career Choice, Intervention
Racially Different Adolescents: Self-Concepts and Vocational Attitudes.
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Rosenthal, David; And Others – Urban Education, 1979
Results of this study support the notions that: (1) there are racial differences in career maturity in urban adolescents, and (2) there are no significant self-concept differences within the same sample population. (Author/WI)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Educational Research, Racial Differences
Sex Differences in Self-Concept Variables and Vocational Attitude Maturity of Adolescents.
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Putnam, Barbara A.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Education, 1978
In the four-school stratified sample of eleventh graders, the females scored significantly higher in vocational attitude. For both sexes, the relationship between overall self-esteem level and vocational attitude maturity was significant. The self-concept variables contributing to vocational attitude maturity in each sex were identified.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Correlation, Females, Grade 11
Using Self-Concept Subscales in Predicting Career Maturity for Race and Sex Subgroups.
Pound, Ronald E. – Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 1978
A further understanding of the relationship between self-concept, race, or sex and career maturity was sought. The results indicated that self-concept seems to have differential impact on career maturity, depending on the race and sex of the participant. (Author)
Descriptors: High School Students, Racial Differences, Research Projects, Secondary Education
Vocational Self-Concept Crystallization and Vocational Indecision
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Barrett, Thomas C.; Tinsley, Howard E. A. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1977
Korman and Super differ in regarding vocational self-concept crystallization of high and low self-esteem persons. This was measured by the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale using undergraduate students. A significant difference was found for both sexes in the degree of crystallization across self-esteem levels, therby supporting Super's model. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, College Students, Research Projects
Group Facilitation of Vocational Maturity and Self-Esteem in College Students.
Perovich, George M. Mierzwa, John A. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1980
Compared the effectiveness of a vocational information group (VIG), self-growth group (SGG), and control group (CG). The VIG was significantly higher than the CG on vocational maturity and self-esteem. The SGG was significantly higher than the CG on vocational maturity. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Development, College Students, Counseling Techniques, Group Guidance
A Comparison of the Career Maturity, Self Concept and Academic Achievement of Female Cooperative Vocational Office Training Students, Intensive Business Training Students, and Regular Business Education Students in Selected High Schools in Mississippi.
Seaward, Marty Robertson – 1978
The purpose of this study was to compare the career maturity, self concept, and academic achievement of female students enrolled in intensive business training (IBT), cooperative vocational office training (CVOT), and regular business education programs. A sample of 240 students, equalized into three groups on the basis of IQ scores, were given…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Business Education, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction