Abstract:

This study aimed to investigate the effect of the psycho-education program developed on the basis of Social Cognitive Career Theory on the career decision self-efficacy and vocational outcome expectancies of the psychological counselor candidates. The research was carried out in a semi-experimental design and the participants consisted of 54 undergraduate students (27 experimental group, 27 control group) studying in the department of psychological counseling and guidance. There were 33 (61%) female students and 22 (39%) male students. While the experimental group involved in the psycho-education program developed within the scope of the research, the control group received no intervention. This psycho-education program is a two-group design that was implemented separately by the researchers in the experimental groups. The data to determine the effectiveness of the application were obtained through Career Decision Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form and Vocational Outcome Expectations Scale. The independent samples t-test, analysis of covariance, multivariate analysis of variance and multivariate analysis of covariance were utilized in the analysis of the research data. The result of this analysis indicated that the post-test scores corrected according to the pre-test scores of career decision self-efficacy expectancy and vocational outcome expectancy differ in favor of the experimental group. The findings also revealed that the psycho-education program was effective to increase participants' career decision self-efficacy expectancy and professional outcome expectancy.

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