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The outcomes of a mixed-methods, innovative group life design intervention with unemployed youths

Author: Jacobus G. Maree

Published in: International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance | Issue 3/2022

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This article reports on an innovative life design intervention in a developing country context. A group of 31 unemployed youths were selected purposively to participate in the study. A mixed-methods design was adopted and an integrative qualitative-quantitative approach employed to construct and analyse the data. The Maree Career Matrix was used to assess participants’ career interests while the Career Interest Profile was used to elicit their career-life stories. The Career Adapt-Abilities Scale was used for pre-test and post-test assessment. The intervention prompted change in the participants’ career lives, improved their self-understanding, and broadened their career-life perspectives.

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Title: The outcomes of a mixed-methods, innovative group life design intervention with unemployed youths
Author: Jacobus G. Maree
Publication date: 19-11-2021
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance / Issue 3/2022
Print ISSN: 1873-0388
Electronic ISSN: 1573-1782
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-021-09514-y

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