The Impact of a CASVE-CQ Enhanced Intervention on Group Career Counseling Outcomes

<p>This study aimed to investigate the effect of using the CASVE Cycle Questionnaire (CASVE-CQ) on career group intervention outcomes, specifically career decidedness, negative career thoughts, career decision-making difficulties, and career decision-making self-efficacy. Participants included 45 undergraduate students who receive scholarships from a student retention program which includes a career group intervention as a requirement to receive the scholarship. It was predicted that the use of the CASVE-CQ would result in greater increases in career decidedness and career decision-making self-efficacy, as well as greater decreases in negative career thoughts and career decision-making difficulties compared to those receiving the same intervention that did not integrate the CASVE-CQ. Although all participants experienced changes in outcome measures in the predicted direction, there was no significant difference between those who used the CASVE-CQ and those who did not. Thus, the hypotheses for this study were rejected. Qualitative feedback from participants revealed that the inclusion of the CASVE-CQ added a more interactive and visual component to career counseling. These findings contribute to the development of a more meaningful and rewarding counseling experience for future clients as well as an assessment intervention approach to implement theory in practice for clinicians. Some limitations to this study include convenience sampling, the small sample size, and the lack of previous research using the CASVE-CQ.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA)

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters Thesis

Year dc:date.available

2020

Author dc:creator

• Klumpp, Kendall L

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Emily Bullock-Yowell
• Dr. Melanie Leuty
• Dr. Richard Mohn

• career decision-making
• negative career thoughts
• career decidedness
• career decision-making difficulty
• group career counseling
• Counseling Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://aquila.usm.edu/masters_theses/776

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:aquila.usm.edu:masters_theses-1828