An experimental study of vocational guidance (and decision making) in Spain

This article describes the procedure and methodology for a vocational guida nce programme framed within the most recent approaches developed in this fi eld. Vocational guidance is conceptualised as a systematic process of inter vention, that gradually optimise the subjects' vocational conduct. The prog ramme was applied to a population of 192 subjects located in seven secondar y schools in the city of Granada, with proven effectiveness of the interven tions. The three objectives of the programmes applied concentrated on the i ncrease in the optimisation of self-awareness and self-concept for the subj ects, training in strategies for searching for information, and training in decision-making.