The Effect of Career Anchors group counseling on Career Decision-Making, and Its Components in High School Students

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of “career anchors” group counseling on career decision-making, and self-appraisal, ability to gather occupational information, goal selection, making plans for the future and problem-solving in high school students (female and male). The research method was experimental research pre-test, post-test and follow- up with control group. The statistical population included all high school students in 2016-2017 academic year in Sanandaj City. By using a multisampling method, 60 participants were randomly selected. The measurements included the Decision -Making Scale (Betz, Klein & Taylor, 1996). The experimental groups (a female group, a male group) participated in 8-sessions in 2 hours, “career anchors" counseling group program. Data was analyzed using the multivariate analysis of variance. The results indicated that career anchors group counseling enhanced the career decision-making and all its components in participants and this effect was stable after a month. (p< 0.001). Thus career anchors group counseling can help students in career decision-making.