The effectiveness of solution-focused narrative therapy in increasing career adaptability of graduate students

Today, career adaptability has important role in entering and employability of individuals at work world. On this base, the purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of postmodern career counseling intervention based on solution-focused narrative therapy on increasing career adaptability in Qom province graduate agriculture field students. The statistical population consisted of all graduate agriculture field students in Qom province at 2019 year. Research procedure was quasi – experimental design with pre-test - post-test and control group. The Sample of study included 32 students who have been placed randomly in the intervention and control group. Career adaptability as dependent variable was assessed by career adaptability questionnaire. The experimental group was exposed to postmodern career counseling based on solution-focused narrative therapy for 11 sessions in 90 minutes. For analyze of data, SPSS-21 software were used. Results show that solution-focused narrative therapy has increased career adaptability in concern, curiosity and control dimension but not has been effect on control dimension.