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Item A comparative study of opportunities offered Texas Technological College graduates by national firms and West Texas firms(Texas Tech University, 1955-08) McKee, L. LouiseNOT AVAILABLEItem A comparison of personality variables and predicted counseling effectiveness of guidance associates and counselor trainees(Texas Tech University, 1977-05) Payne, Lester LeonThe major purpose of the study is to gain evidence as to whether or not undergraduate trained counselors could potentially be as effective as graduate trained counselors The indirect evidence will consist of similar personality characteristics and a similar "estimate of effectiveness" as a counselor. Specifically, the purpose of the study is to compare the personality characteristics and predicted counseling effectiveness of guidance associates with the personality characteristics and predicted counseling effectiveness of students in the Masters' level counselor training program.Item A reliability study of a technique for assessing vocational needs(Texas Tech University, 1970-12) Adams, James EvartNot availableItem An evaluation of group vocational counseling with hospitalized psychiatric patients.(Texas Tech University, 1974-12) Pannabecker, Willard JacobNot availableItem Career decision making: the contribution of information, values, and decision training to effective choice(Texas Tech University, 1984-08) Sauer, Gordon ChenowethNot availableItem Career exploration: an examination of the combined effects of multiple predictors(Texas Tech University, 1998-05) Bartley, Denise F.Career exploration is defined as the self appraisal and external search activities that provide a person with information fostering the selection of, entry into, and the adjustment to an occupation. The present study addressed the process of career exploration during late adolescence. Factors associated with this process in the literature included career decision-making self-efficacy, motivational processes (viz., autonomy orientation, control orientation, and impersonal orientation), goal directedness, vocational decision making style (thinking-feeling and introversionextroversion), personal growth initiative, ego identity (viz., foreclosure, moratorium, diffusion, and identity achievement), exploration beliefs (viz., external search instrumentality and importance of obtaining preferred position), and contextual anxiety (viz., decisional stress and explorational stress). These factors, however, have accounted for only a modest amount of the variance in the career exploration (viz., environmental exploration and self-exploration) process, suggesting the need for further investigation. The main purpose of this study was to assess the relative contribution of the preceding factors to the career exploration process when all were considered together. It was, therefore, hypothesized that for both men and women each factor would account for a significant, unique portion of the variance of career exploration scores when all factors were considered together. The sample for this study consisted of 156 women and 162 men enrolled in an introductory psychology course at a large Southwestern university. A series of forward and simultaneous regression analyses indicated that scores for vocational decision making style: thinking-feeling and for personal growth initiative accounted for 23% of the variance in environmental exploration for women. For men, scores on career decision-making self-efficacy, explorational stress, and external search instrumentality accounted for 28% of the variance in environmental exploration. Concomitantly, 21% of the variance in se If-exploration for women was accounted for by scores on the following factors: vocational decision making style: thinking-feeling; foreclosure; identity achievement; explorational stress; and goal directedness. For men, 33% of the variance in se If-exploration was accounted for by scores on the following factors: vocational decision making style: thinking-feeling; moratorium; diffusion; career decision-making self-efficacy; goal directedness; and explorational stress. These findings suggest that a few constructs predict career exploration as well as many constructs and that men and women should be considered separately. Suggestions for future research and practice are discussed.Item Effect of four types of occupational information on cognitive complexity in decided and undecided students(Texas Tech University, 1986-08) Cesari, Joan PatriciaNot availableItem Evaluation of high school curriculum and occupational status of Jones County male high school graduates, 1952, 1953, and 1954(Texas Tech University, 1962-05) Stenholm, Charles WNot availableItem Factors related to a congruent choice of college major(Texas Tech University, 1988-12) Lehberger, Paul HLower division college students (N = 244) took the NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI), the Self-Directed Search (SDS), and the Vocational Identity Scale (VI). Low test-retest reliability of congruence precluded large effect sizes with several variables which were expected to measure good vocational decision making ability. Should this lack of relationship be found to continue beyond the first two years of college, it would mean these variables and congruence independent1y contribute to academic success, satisfaction, and stability. Freedom from neuroticism was found to be significantly related to almost all of the other constructs evaluated. The largest correlations were with conscientiousness (-.46), agreeableness (-.37), VI (-.48), and investigative vocation-al interests (-.30). The pattern of NEO-PI to SDS correlations suggests that low scores on the SDS is associated with neuroticism and the need for more extensive counseling. Other relationships between NEO-PI, SDS, and VI scales are reported and discussed.Item Identification and comparison of intrinsic and extrinsic job satisfiers for men and women in traditional and nontraditional occupations(Texas Tech University, 1984-05) Campbell, Betty L KimeNot availableItem Installation of [a] guidance program in the Spur high school(Texas Tech University, 1947-08) Wadzeck, Gerald BruceNot availableItem Parental influence on black student career aspirations(Texas Tech University, 1971-05) Crone, Korman TimothyNot availableItem Self-appraisal and vocational maturity: an examination of the model of career maturity posited by J.O. Crites(Texas Tech University, 1982-08) Moore, Carol AnnNot availableItem Some factors related to interest in an Air Force career among advanced Air Force ROTC cadets(Texas Tech University, 1957-08) Glenn, Norval DNot availableItem The Career Decision Scale as a measure of chronic indecision(Texas Tech University, 1987-08) Meyer, Bruce WResearchers have postulated that vocationally undecided students compose a heterogeneous population, with subgroups requiring interventions specifically tailored to their needs. One such subgroup which has been identified has been labeled "chronically undecided" or "indecisive." The indecisive subgroup has been characterized as being unable or unwilling to make decisions, having high levels of ambivalence, resentment, anxiety, and frustration, and as lacking a clear sense of identity. Indecisive individuals are said to be dependent, have low self-esteem, and tend to blame others for current dissatisfactions. They have an external locus of control and have learned to react to situations in a helpless manner. Several authors have argued for the development of a comprehensive diagnostic system for the presenting problem of career undecidedness, and for the development of measurement devices for research concerning the diagnostic indicators of career indecisiveness. There is evidence that the Career Decision Scale (CDS) may have potential for the identification of chronically indecisive students, and three criteria for the use of the CDS have been presented in the literature. Specifically, Factor 1 scores, Indecision Scale scores, and percentiles on both Indecision and Certainty Scales have been suggested as indicators of either chronic indecision or a "high likelihood of need for intervention." The purpose of this study was to provide evidence of the concurrent validity o£ each of these indicators. The CDS, Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI), and the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF) were administered to 206 college students. Analyses of Variance revealed that the Indecision Scale of the CDS was the measure most strongly related to neuroticism as measured by the EPI. Students scoring highest on the Indecision Scale of the CDS also scored highest on the Neuroticism Scale of the EPI, but the effect attained statistical significance only for females. Exploratory analyses of 16PF scales indicated that differences in Neuroticism Scale scores between indecision groups were primarily due to anxiety rather than to the traits described as "indecisiveness." Conclusions and directions for future research are presented.Item The educational and vocational planning of talented college-bound women(Texas Tech University, 1974-05) Lutz, Sandra WNot availableItem The effect of a computer-assisted career guidance program and a vicarious experience on career decision-making self-efficacy(Texas Tech University, 1998-12) Leckie, John FanninThis study applied Bandura's self-efficacy theory to the process of career decision-making. An enactive attainment experience, provided by an hour's use of SIGI PLUS, and a vicarious experience, provided by videotaped models who used SIGI PLUS, were expected to affect career decision-making self-efficacy and career decidedness. Specifically, the enactive attainment was expected to increase career decision-making selfefficacy and reduce career indecision. The vicarious experience was also expected to improve career decision-making self-efficacy, but to a lesser degree than the enactive attainment experience. The vicarious experience was not expected to affect career decidedness. Participants included 117 undergraduates who were assigned to one of the treatment groups or a control group. A MANOVA was calculated and failed to detect significant group differences on the dependent variables as measured by the Career Decision Scale and the Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form. Possible explanations for the lack of support for the hypotheses included small sample size, lack of random assignment to experimental condition, and issues related to differences between efficacy and effectiveness studies. Because this study attempted to maximize internal validity considerations (like an efficacy study), external validity was compromised. Use of career-counseling clients rather than analogue participants, fewer restrictions on how participants used SIGI PLUS, and a more interesting videotaped vicarious experience were discussed as possible ways to increase external validity, perhaps leading to measurable changes on dependent variables. Other study results, limitations, and suggestions for future research were discussed.Item The effect of thematic organization upon the long term recall of occupational information(Texas Tech University, 1982-08) Bihm, Elson MNot availableItem The effect of vocational counseling on career maturity of female cooperative health education students /: by Rodolfo Arredondo.(Texas Tech University, 1976-08) Arrendondo, RodolfoNot availableItem The guidance counselor's perception of the secondary vocational homemaking program(Texas Tech University, 1963-08) Pearson, CarolNot available