Middle School Counselors’ Self-Efficacy Regarding Career Counseling

• In Event: Roundtable Session 8
  In Roundtable Session: Current Trends in School Counseling

Abstract

This cross-sectional study identified levels of career counseling self-efficacy in a sample of 143 practicing middle school counselors across Virginia using the Career Counseling Self-Efficacy Scale-Modified (O’Brien, Heppner, Flores, & Bikos et al., 1997), and a subscale of the School Counselor Self-Efficacy Scale (Bodenhorn & Skaggs, 2005). In addition, mean differences in career counseling self-efficacy across experiences such as work as a school counselor, work as a teacher, and recent training in career counseling were explored. Finally, the relationship between career counseling self-efficacy and amount of time spent providing career counseling was identified using a correlation analysis. Implications for school counselors, counselor educators, and administrators are discussed.

Authors

• Carrie B. Sanders, Winthrop University

• Laura E. Welfare, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

• Steven M. Culver, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University