The Effect of a Career Group Counseling Program on Career Maturity, Self-esteem and Career Maturity for Agreeable University Students
AUTHORS
Hwa Moon,Gwangju University
Dongwon Kim,Dongwon, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Gwangju University.
ABSTRACT
This study aimed at verifying the effect of a career group program for university students with high agreeableness on self-expression, self-esteem and career maturity. To this end, the LCSI personality test was conducted among 160 students in a 4-year university located in G city. And 16 students who wanted to participate in the program among university students with their agreeableness amounting to level 3 (65 or more) were randomly assigned to an experimental group and a control group. The program was conducted toward the experimental group about 120 minutes (per session) for 10 sessions. Independent samples t-test was verified by conducting tests of career maturity, self-esteem and self-expression in the form of pretest and posttest. The result of this study showed that the experiment group who participated in the program saw a significant increase in self-expression, career maturity and purpose as well as certainty which are sub-categories of career maturity. The researcher discussed the result, suggestions to career counseling and follow-up studies.
KEYWORDS
Agreeableness, Career group counseling program, Expression, Self-esteem, Self-esteem