Examining The Effectiveness of a Psychoeducational Program on Career Indecision Developed For Gifted Adolescents

Abstract

The current study aims to investigate the effect of a career indecision psychoeducation program designed to enhance coping with career indecision skills among gifted adolescents. The study was conducted with a pre-test, post-test and follow-up test design with a control group. The study group consisted of 18 gifted high school students attending the Isparta Science and Art Centre during the spring term of the 2021-2022 school year. The experimental group was subjected to an 8-session career indecision psychoeducation program. The control group received no intervention. In the study, the data were collected using the Vocational Decision Inventory. Although participants were randomly assigned, nonparametric tests were used in the analyses due to the violation of parametric assumptions. In this context, the Mann-Whitney U test was conducted to examine the significance of the difference between the pre-test and post-test scores of the experimental and control groups, while the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test was used to evaluate the changes between the pre-test and post-test scores within each group. The study found that the experimental group students who participated in the career indecision psychoeducation program exhibited a decrease in their levels of career indecision compared to the control group students. Furthermore, this effect was observed to persist in the follow-up test. The discussion and interpretation of the findings were performed in light of the relevant literature.

Keywords

• Gifted Adolescents
• Career Development
• Career Indecision
• Psychoeducation

Özel Yetenekli Ergenler İçin Geliştirilen Kariyer Kararsızlığı Psikoeğitim Programının Etkisinin İncelenmesi

Abstract

Araştırmada özel yetenekli ergenlerin kariyer kararsızlığı ile baş etme becerilerini geliştirmeye yönelik hazırlanan kariyer kararsızlığı psikoeğitim programının etkisini incelemek amaçlanmıştır. Araştırma, kontrol gruplu ön-test, son-test ve izleme testi deseniyle yürütülmüştür. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu 2021-2022 eğitim-öğretim yılı 2. döneminde Isparta Bilim ve Sanat Merkezi’ne devam eden özel yetenekli 18 lise öğrencisi oluşturmuştur. Deney grubuna 8 oturumluk kariyer kararsızlığı psikoeğitim programı uygulanmıştır. Kontrol grubuna ise herhangi bir uygulama yapılmamıştır. Araştırmada veri toplama aracı olarak Mesleki Karar Envanteri kullanılmıştır. Katılımcıların seçkisiz ataması yapılmış olmakla birlikte, analizlerde parametrik varsayımlar sağlanmadığından parametrik olmayan testler kullanılmıştır. Bu bağlamda, deney ve kontrol gruplarının ön-test ve son-test puanları arasındaki farkın anlamlılığını test etmek amacıyla Mann-Whitney U testi; deney ve kontrol grubunun ön-test ve son-test puanları arasındaki değişimin değerlendirilmesinde ise Wilcoxon İşaretli Sıralar Testi kullanılmıştır. Araştırmada kariyer kararsızlığı psikoeğitim programına katılan deney grubu öğrencilerinin, programa katılmayan kontrol grubu öğrencilerine göre kariyer kararsızlığı düzeylerinin azaldığı ve bu etkinin izleme testinde de sürdüğü sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Elde edilen bulgular ilgili alanyazın kapsamında tartışılmış ve yorumlanmıştır.

Keywords

• Özel Yetenekli Ergenler
• Kariyer Gelişimi
• Kariyer Kararsızlığı
• Psikoeğitim

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