The effectiveness of parson s Theory on vocational decision making of students

Soheila Bastani ((first author)¹ katrin fekri(corresponding author)²

1) Student of department of counseling Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University Marvdasht, Iran
2) Assistant professor of Department of counseling, Marvdasht Branch,Islamic Azad University Marvdasht, Iran

IOI Code : XYBB-ZHFDG
Publication : 3rd International Conference On Research Science And Technology(3rstconf.com)
Abstract :
    The aim of in research was explained of the effectiveness of Parsons’s Theory on vocational decision-making in students. The research method is semi-experimental with pretest and post test and control group. The statistical society included all first-grade high school girl students of in Shiraz District 5. Cluster sampling was used in this research in the form that initially two high schools among schools in Shiraz District 5 were selected randomly and their students filled out Taylor’s Career Decision Self-Efficacy Scale. Subsequently, among the participants who had the least scores, 20 students from each school were selected and a student of one school was put in the control group randomly and the students from the other schools was put in experiment . Experiment group received five 2-hour sessions of Parsons’s theory and there was no intervention in the control group. The post test was carried out and the follow-up was carried out after one month. Data was analyzed using ANOVA, covariance and paired T-test. Results suggest that the methods are effective on vocational decision- making and results was stable.

Keywords : parson s theory vocational decision making