ERIC Number: EJ1400041
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0894-8453
EISSN: EISSN-1556-0856
Enhancing Career Adaptability among University Students: An Intervention Study
Wetstone, Hannah; Rice, Kenneth G.
Journal of Career Development, v50 n6 p1279-1292 2023
Recent college graduates are navigating a complex labor market due to the COVID-19 pandemic, changing economic conditions, and advancing technologies. Career adaptability, a psychosocial construct focused on managing career transitions, is critical for college students in this environment. Career adaptability interventions have shown promising results, but many are time consuming or involve one-on-one counseling, and none have focused on US college samples, which prompted this study. We tested a brief career adaptability training on a sample of 89 US college students and measured its effect on participants' career adaptability resources (career concern, career control, career curiosity, career confidence) and career adapting responses (career decision self-efficacy, career planning). Results showed no increase in career adaptability resources or career planning but indicated an increase in career decision self-efficacy, suggesting that brief interventions may be effective for some desired outcomes but not others. Future research should examine which intervention ingredients are necessary to enhance career adaptability.
Descriptors: Career Development, Vocational Adjustment, Training, Intervention, Self Efficacy, Decision Making, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Career Choice, Self Concept Measures, Vocational Maturity
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Career Decision Making Self Efficacy Scale
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