Effects of Career Self-Efficacy Program on Career Maturity of Third Year Students at a Private Higher Education Institution

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: (1) to compare the career maturity of the experimental group who participated in the career self-efficacy program in the pre-test, post-test and follow-up period and (2) to compare the career maturity between the experimental group who participated in the career self-efficacy program and control group after the experiment and follow-up period. The samples were 30 the third-year students at a private higher education institution with career maturity scores at the average level and below, divided into experimental group and control group of 15 students each. The instruments used in the study were a career self-efficacy program. and questionnaire of professional maturity Data were analyzed using statistical packages. The statistical methods used for analysis were percentage, mean, standard deviation, Independent t-test, One-Way Repeated Measures ANOVA, differences were tested for each pair by Bonferroni's method and Two-Way Repeated Measures ANOVA.

The results as follows: students in the experimental group who participated in the career self-efficacy program had higher career maturity score at the post-experiment period and the follow-up period than before the experiment, statistical significant was at the .01 level and students in the experimental group who participated in the career self-efficacy program had significantly higher career maturity scores at the post-experiment period and the follow-up period than the control group students at the .01 level.