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Littman-Ovadia Hadassah, Lazar-Butbul Vered, Benjamin BennyA. Strengths-based career counseling: Overview and initial evaluation. 2014;22:403-419doi: 10.1177/1069072713498483.
Littman-Ovadia, H. a. d. a. s. s. a. h., Lazar-Butbul, V. e. r. e. d., & Benjamin, B. e. n. n. y. A. (2014). Strengths-based career counseling: Overview and initial evaluation. 22403-419. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069072713498483
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Littman-Ovadia Hadassah, Lazar-Butbul Vered, Benjamin BennyA. Strengths-based career counseling: Overview and initial evaluation. 2014;22:403-419. doi: 10.1177/1069072713498483. UIID-AD: 1891.
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2014;22:403-419. doi: 10.1177/1069072713498483.

Strengths-based career counseling: Overview and initial evaluation.

Hadassah Littman-Ovadia, Vered Lazar-Butbul, Benny A Benjamin

UIID-AD: 1891 DOI: 10.1177/1069072713498483

Abstract

This study implemented an innovative model of individual Strengths-Based Career Counseling (SBCC), as carried out by vocational counseling psychologists, and measured its impact on unemployed job seekers. As part of a quasi-randomized pre–post intervention study, career counseling clients completed self-esteem, career exploration, strengths use, and life satisfaction scales prior to the initial counseling session (T1) and immediately following the final session (T2). A follow-up was carried out at 3 months postcounseling (T3). At baseline, the SBCC sample (N = 31) and the conventional career counseling sample (N = 30) were statistically similar on the measured variables. As hypothesized, at postcounseling, only the SBCC sample demonstrated enhanced self-esteem. Both the client samples reported enhanced daily use of strengths and unchanged career exploration and life satisfaction. However, precounseling strengths use predicted enhanced postcounseling self-esteem only among the SBCC clients. At the 3-month follow-up, the strengths-based sample assigned a higher rating to the counseling contribution and reported a higher rate of employment (80.6%) than did the comparison group (60%). Implications for career counseling with unemployed clients were discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved). (journal abstract)

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