As the number of nontraditional college students (defined as students over the age of 25) continues to increase on college campuses nationwide, there is a clear need to address the career development needs of this growing population. This article critically reviews the results of recent research eva
Increasing the Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy of Nontraditional College Students
✍ Scribed by Barbara McDonald Foltz; Darrell Anthony Luzzo
- Publisher
- American Counseling Association
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 617 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1099-0399
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✦ Synopsis
Nontraditional college students (29 women and 37 men) participated in a career counseling workshop based on Bandura's (197n selfefficacy theov. Participants were randomly assigned to either an experimental treahnent group or a delayed-treahnent control group. Results suggested thatparticipation in the workshop had a significant, positive effect on the career decision-making self-efsicacy of the participants (p < .05) across levels of age, sex, year in college, and family income. Results provide support for career sepefficacy theory and indicate that the career decision-making self-efficacy of nontraditional college students is amenable to change through counseling interventions.
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