Effects of strong interest inventory feedback on career decision-making self-efficacy and social cognitive career beliefs

Undergraduates (64 women and 35 men) enrolled in a university orientation c ourse completed measures of career decision-making self-efficacy and career beliefs. Participants were then randomly assigned to one of three experime ntal groups: the Strong Interest Inventory (SII) with feedback group, the S II completion-only group, or the control group. Students who completed the SII and participated in a social cognitive-based group feedback and interpr etation session exhibited higher levels of posttest career decision-making self-efficacy and differential career beliefs relative to students in the o ther experimental groups. Theoretical and practical implications of the res ults are presented, and ideas for additional research in this domain are di scussed.