Career Decision-making Difficulties, Psychological Distress, Worry
Conditions
Keywords
career indecision, career decision-making difficulties, worry, psychological distress
Brief summary
Career decision-making difficulties are frequent problems for adolescents. Regular intervention or prevention programs mainly provide information for the students about themselves, about the world of work, about their interests and preferences etc. Rational emotive behavioral therapy (REBT), a form of Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) provides help for adolescents to efficiently cope with emotional problems (e.g., psychological distress) related to the career decision-making process. The present study aims to investigate the efficiency of an REBT career intervention program implemented in a school setting. School settings are appropriate to deliver group intervention for students. Classes from Romanian public high-schools will be randomized in either intervention or treatment as usual groups.
Detailed description
The intervention will be group based, delivered in 8 sessions, over 8 weeks. Each of the eight modules aimed a different component: Psychoeducation, Information about self and world of work, Steps of career decision-making, Problem solving. Additionally, for the REBT groups: Relationship between cognitive distortions/irrational beliefs and emotions, Cognitive restructuring, Exposure/behavioral activation and emotional problem solving, Maintenance of gaining. Homework would be given at every session. REBT intervention programs delivered in school settings represent ecological modalities to target vulnerable groups. Adolescents will complete assessments at four time points: T1 (baseline), T2 (post-intervention), T3 (3 months follow-up) and T4 (6 months follow-up).
Interventions
BEHAVIORALREBT Career Intervention
Eight sessions of regular career intervention with rational emotive behavioral therapy (REBT) methods.
BEHAVIORALRegular Career Intervention
Eight sessions of regular career intervention.
Sponsors
Babes-Bolyai University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
16 Years to 19 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Adolescents will have ages 16 years to 19 years (11th grade at high school). * Are attending high school. * Parents will sign the informed consent and adolescents provide informed assent.
Exclusion criteria
* Age below 16 or above 19 years. * No signed informed consent from the parents. * Uninterpretable answers on the validation items of the CDDQ (items nr. 7 and 12)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Career Decision-making Difficulties Questionnaire (CDDQ; Gati, Krausz, & Osipow, 1996) | Change from baseline career decision-making difficulties up to 24 weeks | Measure of career decision-making difficulties. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Penn State Worry Questionnaire for Children (PSWQ-C; Chorpita et al., 1997) | Change from baseline worry up to 24 weeks | Measure of worry for children and adolescents. |
| General Attitudes and Beliefs Scale Short Form (GABS-SF; Lindner et al., 1999) | Change from baseline irrational beliefs up to 24 weeks | Measure of Irrational Beliefs. |
| Beck Depression Inventory for Youth (BDI-Y; Beck, 2005) | Change from baseline depression, anxiety up to 24 weeks | Measure of depression of adolescents. |
| Emotional Distress Profile (PDA; Opris & Macavei, 2005) | Change from baseline distress up to 24 weeks | Measure of positive emotions, negative functional and negative dysfunctional emotions. |
| Career Decision-making Self-Efficacy Short Form (Betz et al., 1996) | Change from baseline career decision-making self-efficacy up to 24 weeks | Measure of career decision-making self-efficacy. |
| Multidimensional Life Satisfaction (Seligson, Huebner, & Valois, 2003) | Change from baseline life satisfaction up to 24 weeks | Measure of five areas of life satisfaction. |
| Beck Anxiety Inventory for Youth (BAI-Y; Beck, 2005) | Change from baseline anxiety up to 24 weeks | Measure of anxiety of adolescents. |
Countries
Romania
Outcome results
None listed