Efficacy of Leader-Led and Self-Directed Career Workshops for Middle-Aged and Older Adults

Steven B. Robbins; Judy M. Chartrand; Karen L. McFadden; Richard M. Lee

doi:10.1037/0022-0167.41.1.83

Efficacy of Leader-Led and Self-Directed Career Workshops for Middle-Aged and Older Adults

Steven B. Robbins, Judy M. Chartrand, Karen L. McFadden, Richard M. Lee

Psychology (Twin Cities)

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The differential effectiveness of leader-led and self-directed career and life planning workshops for 98 middle-aged and older adult participants was examined. First, a test of the magnitude of change on multiple attitudinal and behavioral variables revealed that participants improved regardless of treatment condition. Those participants in the leader-led condition, however, had greater posttest employment research interview behaviors than did participants in the self-directed condition. Second, 2 theoretically derived attributes, goal directedness and sociability-structure, were chosen to test the interaction effects between potentially salient participant attributes and workshop format. By means of a multivariate multiple regression strategy, no Attribute × Treatment interactions were identified. Results of this study suggest that the career and life planning workshops were positively received regardless of format and participant attribute.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	83-90
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of counseling psychology
Volume	41
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0167.41.1.83
State	Published - Jan 1994

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