The Influence of Career Planning on Career Thoughts in STEM‐Interested Undergraduates. Issue 2 (8th June 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Belser, Christopher T.; Prescod, Diandra J.; Daire, Andrew P.; Dagley, Melissa A.; Young, Cynthia Y.
• Is Part Of: Career development quarterly. Volume 66:Issue 2(2018)
• Page Start: 176
• Page End: 181
• Publication Date: 2018-06-08
• Subjects: career planning -- career readiness -- STEM initiatives -- negative career thinking -- covariate adjustment; Vocational guidance -- Periodicals; Career development -- Periodicals; Career education -- Periodicals; 370.11305
• DOI: 10.1002/cdq.12131
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0889-4019

Abstract

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.