Research Article

Examining the Effectiveness of Career Intervention Program Based on Career Sailboat Model on High School Students' Career Indecision

Volume: 16 Number: 2 August 28, 2025
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Examining the Effectiveness of Career Intervention Program Based on Career Sailboat Model on High School Students' Career Indecision

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the effectiveness of the career intervention program structured by the researchers by using career group guidance activities prepared by Korkut-Owen et al. (2015) based on the Career Sailing Model on high school students' career ambivalence. The study is a quasi-experimental model with pretest-posttest control group. The study group of the research consisted of a total of 20 students, 10 in the experimental group and 10 in the control group, studying at different grade levels in an Anatolian high school in the province of Aksaray. The Career Decision Inventory developed by Çakır (2004) was used as a data collection tool in the study. A two-factor repeated measures ANOVA on a single factor was used to test the effectiveness of the career intervention programme implemented. The results of the study show that the post-test scores of the experimental group were significantly different from those of the control group (F1-18=19.70, p<.05). In addition, the eta squared (η2) value was examined to determine the extent to which the change in career indecision scores was explained by the experimental procedure. Accordingly, the results show that 52% of the change in total scale scores across the measurements can be explained by the experimental procedure (η2=.52). The results show that the career indecision scores of the students in the experimental group showed a significant decrease compared to the indecision scores of the students in the control group and that the career intervention programme structured according to the Career Sailboat Model was effective on the career indecision of the students.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Social and Humanities Education (Excluding Economics, Business and Management)

Journal Section

Research Article

Early Pub Date

August 22, 2025

Publication Date

August 28, 2025

Submission Date

December 18, 2024

Acceptance Date

July 20, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 16 Number: 2

APA
Yaylacı, A., & Şeker, G. (2025). Examining the Effectiveness of Career Intervention Program Based on Career Sailboat Model on High School Students’ Career Indecision. Batı Anadolu Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi, 16(2), 2962-2977. https://doi.org/10.51460/baebd.1603423
AMA
1.Yaylacı A, Şeker G. Examining the Effectiveness of Career Intervention Program Based on Career Sailboat Model on High School Students’ Career Indecision. WAJES. 2025;16(2):2962-2977. doi:10.51460/baebd.1603423
Chicago
Yaylacı, Aslı, and Gürcan Şeker. 2025. “Examining the Effectiveness of Career Intervention Program Based on Career Sailboat Model on High School Students’ Career Indecision”. Batı Anadolu Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi 16 (2): 2962-77. https://doi.org/10.51460/baebd.1603423.
EndNote
Yaylacı A, Şeker G (August 1, 2025) Examining the Effectiveness of Career Intervention Program Based on Career Sailboat Model on High School Students’ Career Indecision. Batı Anadolu Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi 16 2 2962–2977.
IEEE
[1]A. Yaylacı and G. Şeker, “Examining the Effectiveness of Career Intervention Program Based on Career Sailboat Model on High School Students’ Career Indecision”, WAJES, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 2962–2977, Aug. 2025, doi: 10.51460/baebd.1603423.
ISNAD
Yaylacı, Aslı - Şeker, Gürcan. “Examining the Effectiveness of Career Intervention Program Based on Career Sailboat Model on High School Students’ Career Indecision”. Batı Anadolu Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi 16/2 (August 1, 2025): 2962-2977. https://doi.org/10.51460/baebd.1603423.
JAMA
1.Yaylacı A, Şeker G. Examining the Effectiveness of Career Intervention Program Based on Career Sailboat Model on High School Students’ Career Indecision. WAJES. 2025;16:2962–2977.
MLA
Yaylacı, Aslı, and Gürcan Şeker. “Examining the Effectiveness of Career Intervention Program Based on Career Sailboat Model on High School Students’ Career Indecision”. Batı Anadolu Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi, vol. 16, no. 2, Aug. 2025, pp. 2962-77, doi:10.51460/baebd.1603423.
Vancouver
1.Aslı Yaylacı, Gürcan Şeker. Examining the Effectiveness of Career Intervention Program Based on Career Sailboat Model on High School Students’ Career Indecision. WAJES. 2025 Aug. 1;16(2):2962-77. doi:10.51460/baebd.1603423