Make Your Work Matter: Development and Pilot Evaluation of a Purpose-Centered Career Education Intervention

Autor/inn/en	Dik, Bryan J.; Steger, Michael F.; Gibson, Amanda; Peisner, William
Titel	Make Your Work Matter: Development and Pilot Evaluation of a Purpose-Centered Career Education Intervention
Quelle	In: New Directions for Youth Development, (2011) 132, S.59-73 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1533-8916
DOI	10.1002/yd.428
Schlagwörter	Control Groups; Intervention; Career Education; Focus Groups; Career Development; Adolescent Development; Well Being; Pilot Projects; Futures (of Society); Student Interests; Prosocial Behavior; Adolescent Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arbeitslehre; Berufsentwicklung; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Future; Society; Zukunft; Studieninteresse
Abstract	Developing a sense of purpose is both salient and desirable for adolescents, and purpose in people's lives and careers is associated with both general and work-related well-being. However, little is known about whether purpose can be encouraged through school-based interventions. This article reports the results of a quasi-experimental pilot study and follow-up focus group that evaluated Make Your Work Matter, a three-module, school-based intervention designed to help adolescent youth explore, discover, and enact a sense of purpose in their early career development. Participants were eighth-grade students. Compared to the control group, the intervention group reported increases in several outcomes related to purpose-centered career development, such as a clearer sense of career direction; a greater understanding of their interests, strengths, and weaknesses; and a greater sense of preparedness for the future. However, no significant differences were found on items directly related to purpose, calling, and prosocial attitudes. These results inform the ongoing development of Make Your Work Matter and other school-based career interventions and pave the way for larger-scale trials of such purpose-promoting intervention strategies. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10