TY - JOUR

T1 - Increasing the career choice readiness of young adolescents: An evaluation study

AU - Hirschi, Andreas

AU - Läge, Damian

N1 - <p>Manuscript in preparation</p>

PY - 2008/7

Y1 - 2008/7

N2 - A career workshop that applies models of the Cognitive Information Processing Approach (Sampson, Reardon, Peterson, & Lenz, 2004) and incorporates critical ingredients (Brown and Ryan Krane, 2000) to promote the career choice readiness of young adolescents was developed and evaluated with 334 Swiss students in seventh grade applying a Solomon four group design with a three-month follow-up. Participants significantly increased their performance in terms of career decidedness, career planning, career exploration, and vocational identity. Implications for evaluation research and counselling practice are presented.

AB - A career workshop that applies models of the Cognitive Information Processing Approach (Sampson, Reardon, Peterson, & Lenz, 2004) and incorporates critical ingredients (Brown and Ryan Krane, 2000) to promote the career choice readiness of young adolescents was developed and evaluated with 334 Swiss students in seventh grade applying a Solomon four group design with a three-month follow-up. Participants significantly increased their performance in terms of career decidedness, career planning, career exploration, and vocational identity. Implications for evaluation research and counselling practice are presented.

KW - Business psychology

KW - Career choice readiness

KW - Career counselling

KW - Outcome research

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=45849088031&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/s10775-008-9139-7

DO - 10.1007/s10775-008-9139-7

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 8

SP - 95

EP - 110

JO - International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance

JF - International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance

SN - 1573-1782

IS - 2

ER -