Teaching “Fishing”: Effectiveness of a CIP Theory-Based Career Decision-Making Course in Chinese High School Students

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Abstract

This study investigated the impact of a cognitive information processing (CIP) theory-based career course on career decision-making difficulties among Chinese high school students. Involving 300 tenth-grade students, 149 received the CIP course while 151 took the regular school course. Over one semester, participants completed pretest, post-test, and follow-up test using the Career Decision-Making Difficulties Questionnaire (CDDQ) and Emotional and Personality-Related Career Decision-Making Difficulties Scale (EPCD). Results indicated that the CIP course significantly reduced both cognitive and emotional career decision-making difficulties, with effects persisting three months after the intervention. The study demonstrates the CIP course's effectiveness over the regular course and emphasizes the necessity of targeted career courses to bridge development gaps associated with students’ family socioeconomic status.

Authors

• Jia-Qian Xu, Beijing Normal University

• Naiyi Wang, Beijing Normal University