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Comparative Effectiveness of CAPA and FOCUS Online : Career Assessment Systems With Undecided College Students

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: betz.3{at}osu.edu.

	Abstract

The present study compared the effectiveness of two online career exploration systems in increasing the career decision self-efficacy and decidedness of 960 students enrolled in a program for undecided freshmen students at a large public university. Results indicated that both systems led to significant increases in career decision self-efficacy and college major decidedness in these students. The CAPA system, based on an integration of Bandura’s self-efficacy theory and traditional trait factor theory, led to proportionately greater increases in Career Decision Self-Efficacy Scale scores in comparison to FOCUS for the total group and for women. The systems were comparably effective with African American, Asian American, and White students.

First published on April 17, 2009
Journal of Career Assessment 2009, doi:10.1177/1069072709334229


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