Finding order and direction from chaos: a comparison of chaos career counseling and trait matching counseling
✍ Scribed by Hannah McKay; Jim E. H. Bright; Robert G. L. Pryor
- Book ID
- 102870799
- Publisher
- American Counseling Association
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 949 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-0787
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✦ Synopsis
Chaos career counseling, based on the Chaos Theory of Careers (R. G. L. Pryor & J. E. H. Bright, 2003a, 2003b), was compared with trait matching career counseling and a wait list control. Sixty university students who attended the Careers Research and Assessment Service seeking career advice were randomly assigned to the chaos intervention, the trait matching intervention, or a wait list control group. Both chaos and trait matching counseling had a positive impact; however, chaos counseling had a more lasting effect. Overall, results support using the chaos counseling approach as a valid alternative to trait matching approaches. Implications for counseling practice as well as future research are discussed.