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Volume 14, Issue 54 (7-2015)
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Rezaei, A - Shafiabadi, A - Falsafinejad, M The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of training using Shafiabadi’s multi-axial pattern of vocational choice and Savickas career construction on career decision making self-efficacy in the unemployed jobseekers who are covered by unemployment insurance. Sample population for this research included the unemployed jobseekers referred to job centers in Tehran. 45 people were selected by random sampling method, and were randomly divided into 3 groups - 15 persons in each group with SMPVC and SCCT educational approach, and the third group of 15 persons in the control group. For data collection, career decision-making self-efficacy scale was used. Six 90-minute training sessions were conducted for the two experimental groups. Career decision-making self-efficacy was measured before the intervention (pre-test) and after (post-test), and also after one month (follow-up). Statistical analysis showed that training programs seems to have an effect on career decision-making self-efficacy. This effect is still seen after a month, showing relatively stable and reliable measures. The SCCT training approach appeared to be more effective on self-appraisal and occupational information, while the SMPVC method seemed to be more effective in subscales (components) of goals selection, making plans, and problem-solving. In conclusion, it was notable that both training approaches yielded significantly higher career decision-making self-efficacy measures, compared with the control group.
Dr Mahdi Akbarzadeh, Dr Mohammad Reza Abedi, Dr Iran Baghban,
Volume 18, Issue 72 (3-2020)
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Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of career adaptability in relationship between emotional intelligence and career decision making difficulties among 9th grade students. Methods: This was a correlational research that using structural equation modeling. The statistical population consisted of 9th grade students of Qazvin province in the academic year 2016-17. The sample consisted of 433 students (206 boys and 227 girls) selected by multi-stage random cluster sampling. Measures included Career Adaptability Scale, Bar-On Emotional Quotient Inventory, and Decision Making Difficulties Questionnaire. The data were calculated using Pearson correlation coefficients (using SPSS-24), and structural equation modeling. The statistical significance of indirect effects also was calculated by bootstrapping method (using AMOS24). Findings: The results of this study showed that most of the overall -0.67 for the emotional intelligence on decision-making difficulties was indirectly due to the mediation of career adaptability (β = -0.41, p <0.001), while a part of it was more directly (β = -0.26, p <0.001). The conceptual model also showed a significant fit with the data (SRMR = 0.03; RMSEA = 0.06). The results of the comparison of total fit and path coefficients among girls and boys also showed that the research model is same for both groups (p <0.11). Conclusion: In line with the career adaption model, the results of this study showed that a major part of the effects of social and emotional meta-capacities on the reduction of the incompatibility of career adaptive responses can be explained by the mobilization of psychosocial resources in the management of career related tasks, transitions and crises.
Haniyeh Honari Fotovat, Mohsen Golmohammadian, Mohsen Hojatkhah,
Volume 24, Issue 93 (3-2025)
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Aim: The present research is an analysis of the lived experience of successful students in making career decisions. Methods: The research method is quantitative and qualitative. In the quantitative part, Bezo Taylor's Career Decision Questionnaire (1983) was used to identify successful students in career decision-making, and in the qualitative part, in-depth interviews were used to investigate the experiences of successful students in career decision-making. The statistical population of this research includes all female students in the 11th ,12th grades in the academic year of 1401-1402 in Kermanshah city, and the sampling method in the first stage, which was conducted with the aim of identifying successful students in making career decisions, is random. 200 students completed the career decision questionnaire. In the second step, students' grades were calculated using spss_22 software, and those who scored higher than one standard deviation were identified as successful students in making career decisions, and 15 of them were interviewed in depth. In the last two interviews, no new information was obtained and the data reached saturation. Findings: After examining and coding the data of each group in three stages of open, central and selective coding, a total of 43 concepts were obtained in relation to the experiences of successful students in making career decisions, which were categorized into 10 central categories. And finally, they were classified into 3 categories: self-knowledge, environmental factors, and occupation. Conclusions: According to the findings of the research, it can be said that the student's knowledge of himself, the job he is considering, and the environment in which he is located, play a strong and influential role in his career decision. Paying attention to the concepts resulting from the review of experiences can be useful to help other students in making career decisions.
