Psychological Development and Education ›› 2007, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (3): 103-106.

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The effect of Curricular Intervention on Career Maturity of Undergraduates

XIE Yuan1, LONG Li-rong2   

  1. 1. School of Psychology, Central China Normal University 430079;
    2. School of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology 430074
  • Online:2007-07-15 Published:2007-07-15

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Abstract: Career maturity describes the degree to which individuals reach the career developmental goals.The purpose of thi s study is to evaluate the effects of a curricular intervention on career maturity of 120 undergraduates who took the "wcational guidance" course.The 25 hours-intervention lasted 6 weeks.Subjects of experimental group and control group were asked to fill in the questionnaire of Career Decision-making Self-efficacy(CDMSE) and Inventory of Vocational Development (VDI) in pre-and post-test.The results of covariance analysis showed that significant differences of CDMSE and VDIwere found between the experimental group and the control getup.Subjects of the experimental group were more confident to take an active part in career decision-making.

Key words: career maturity, curricular intervention, undergraduates

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