The Influence Of Career Planning On Career Thoughts In Stem-Interested Undergraduates

Keywords

career planning; career readiness; covariate adjustment; negative career thinking; STEM initiatives

Abstract

Undergraduate career planning courses have shown efficacy in decreasing students’ negative career thoughts; however, universities have minimally applied these courses to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) populations. This study compared the influence of a STEM-focused career planning course for undecided STEM students with a seminar course for decided STEM majors. An analysis of covariance with covariate adjustment revealed that undecided career planning students had lower adjusted mean scores on a measure of negative career thinking than the decided STEM majors after the first semester of college. The results provide support for the efficacy of STEM-focused career planning courses and measuring negative career thoughts with STEM undergraduates.

Publication Date

6-1-2018

Publication Title

Career Development Quarterly

Volume

66

Issue

2

Number of Pages

176-181

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1002/cdq.12131

Socpus ID

85048630634 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85048630634

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