The effect of career construction counselling on high school students' career decision-making difficulties and career adaptability

Abstract

This study investigated the effect of career construction counselling as an intervention on addressing career decision-making difficulties and enhancing career adaptability of high school students in Tanzania. The study sample consisted of 66 Form Five students (Grade 11) drawn from two public high schools in Morogoro Municipality. An intervention group of 35 students received career construction counselling, while a comparison group of 31 students continued with traditional regular classes. A quasi experimental pre- and post-test design was used to assess participants’ career decision-making difficulties and adaptability before and after intervention. The results indicated statistically significant differences between the pre- and post-test interventions, implying that the intervention decreased students’ career decision-making difficulties and increased their career adaptability. Future research could expand this line of inquiry by including larger and more diverse samples, conducting longitudinal follow-ups to examine sustained effects, and exploring the applicability of career construction counselling across different cultural and educational contexts.