Examines the relationship among sex-role attitudes, curriculum choice, and levels of educational and occupational aspirations and expectations of college students enrolled in home economics and agricultural curriculums. Results show that sex-role ideology is only weakly associated with curriculum choice but is related to career ambitions for…

Examined the role of words and images (WI), career decision-making skills (CDMS), and sex in career preferences of 276 college students. Findings included significant relationships between WI and preferences for differences in preferences between most careers. Limited evidence supported a relationship between CDMS and career preferences.…

Describes the Student Developmental Task Inventory (SDTI-2) which assesses the level of student development in terms of autonomy, purpose, and intimate relationships. The development, reliability, and validity of the SDTI-2 are discussed; student uses are suggested. (RC)

Reports on the mutual advantages to student-employer work relationships , and urges colleges to act as catalysts between the two. Employers who carefully plan hiring part-time college workers can realize economic and human resource development benefits. Benefits accruing to part-time student workers fall into three categories: financial, career…

Reports the development of a counseling program for student athletes in which the athletic counselor's role has been expanded to that of identifying and assisting with the athletes' personal, vocational, and academic concerns. A course in counselor education targeted toward athletes is reported. (Author)

Clients often enter vocational counseling with ideas about the career-development process that hinder their decision-making ability. Identifies some common irrational ideas and cites client statements that indicate adherence to these myths. Proposes a cognitive approach to assist counselors in confronting such myths. (Author)

Humanities students often feel left out of college job placement efforts. A career development program for humanities majors at the University of Illinois includes curriculum alternatives, funded counseling internships for the Humanities Department, career fairs and other activities aimed at increasing awareness of particular concerns to…

This is a "how to" article covering everything from blueprints and budgets to material collection and classification. (Author)

A study of student reaction to two computer career counseling programs and the impact of the counselor variable is presented. (Author)

Investigated relationships between career maturity and Holland's (1985a) constructs of congruence, consistency, and differentiation among individuals with (N=76) and without learning disabilities (N=106). Also examined the relationship between Holland's Investigative personality type and career maturity in individuals with and without learning…

Conducted two studies to evaluate the efficacy of attributional retraining as a career-counseling technique for college students. Results reveal that participants who received attributional retraining exhibited significant changes in career beliefs and attributional style, and engaged in significantly more career exploration behavior than the…

Proposed and tested vocational identity prediction model based on assumption that vocational identity development problems result from student anxiety and academic difficulties caused by insufficient support/influence of existing family context. Found model would predict significant variance in vocational identity and that each component…

Provides an overview of literature related to sex role socialization, a presentation of the cognitive behavioral social theory espoused by Bandura, and an intervention to enhance the self-efficacy of African-American female athletes. Presents psychosocial and career development model for African-American female college athletes and provides…

Responses were obtained from 48 college students (50 percent of each sex) regarding perceptions of career development barriers (involving choice of major, getting a degree and first job, career advancement, career-family balance, and special concerns for women). When responses were categorized and coded, interactional barriers were more frequent…

Administered career development instruments to Asian-American (n=63) and White-American (n=83) college students. Compared to White Americans, Asian Americans had greater preferences for dependent decision-making styles and lower level of career maturity and placed greater emphasis on extrinsic and security occupational value clusters. Found no…