The Comparison of effectiveness parson’s Theory with Holland’s Theory in vocational decision - making in students

Soheila Bastani¹ katrin Fekri²

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 : XYZH-ZAEBF
Publication : 2nd International Conference on Management and Humanities(2icmhconf.com)
Abstract :
    The following research tries to compare the effectiveness of Parsons’s Theory with Holland’s Theory in vocational decision-making in students. The research method is semi-experimental with pretest and posttest and control group. The statistical society included all first-grade high school girl students of in Shiraz District 5. Cluster sampling was used for sampling in this research in the form that initially three 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 two schools were put in experiment groups 1 and 2. Experiment group 1 received five 2-hour sessions of Parsons’s theory. Experiment group 2 received five 2-hour sessions of Holland’s theory and there was no intervention in the control group. The posttest was carried out . Data was analyzed using ANOVA, covariance . Results suggest that . There is no significant difference found between the effectiveness of Parson’s theory with Holland’s theory

Keywords : parsons’s theory holland’s theory vocational decision making