The Influence of Career Planning on Career Thoughts in STEM-Interested Undergraduates

Christopher T. Belser; Diandra J. Prescod; Andrew P. Daire; Melissa A. Dagley; Cynthia Y. Young

doi:10.1002/cdq.12131

The Influence of Career Planning on Career Thoughts in STEM-Interested Undergraduates

Christopher T. Belser, Diandra J. Prescod, Andrew P. Daire, Melissa A. Dagley, Cynthia Y. Young

Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education

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Abstract

Undergraduate career planning courses have shown efficacy in decreasing students’ negative career thoughts; however, universities have minimally applied these courses to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) populations. This study compared the influence of a STEM-focused career planning course for undecided STEM students with a seminar course for decided STEM majors. An analysis of covariance with covariate adjustment revealed that undecided career planning students had lower adjusted mean scores on a measure of negative career thinking than the decided STEM majors after the first semester of college. The results provide support for the efficacy of STEM-focused career planning courses and measuring negative career thoughts with STEM undergraduates.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	176-181
Number of pages	6
Journal	Career Development Quarterly
Volume	66
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/cdq.12131
State	Published - Jun 2018

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Belser, C. T., Prescod, D. J., Daire, A. P., Dagley, M. A., & Young, C. Y. (2018). The Influence of Career Planning on Career Thoughts in STEM-Interested Undergraduates. Career Development Quarterly, 66(2), 176-181. https://doi.org/10.1002/cdq.12131

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