Influence of clients' personality and individual characteristics on the effectiveness of a career counselling intervention

Clients' personality traits and individual characteristics, such as age, gender, reason for seeking counselling, and further compounding problems in their personal or academic lives, may pose risk factors that render career decision making difficult and may also impact the overall effectiveness of a career counselling intervention. Neuroticism and conscien- tiousness as well as clients' age and gender directly affected clients' satisfaction with life and certain aspects of their career indecision scores before participating in our short-term career counselling intervention. Career counsellors can use personality and career-specific and career-non-specific instruments to tailor career counselling interventions to meet clients' individual needs.

Exploring exploration : career identity development and temperment /

Career identity exploration is a central component of the lives of undergraduate university students. Although students are encouraged to explore, it is unclear whether different methods of exploration are better suited for certain individuals. In the present study, quantitative data were collected to examine the relationship between shyness and various methods of exploration. Two hundred fifty-seven university undergraduate students (29 male), ranging in age from 17-25 years completed a 60-minute self-report questionnaire. Shyness, identity, identity distress, subjective dimensions of exploration (satisfaction with exploration, reasons for not exploring, helpfulness of exploration methods), foci of exploration (non-social, social, self, and environmental), approaches to exploration (breadth, depth), and moderating variables (social support, sociability) were measured. Shyness was positively correlated with moratorium (high exploration, low commitment) and uncorrelated with the other identity statuses. Shyness was also positively correlated with identity distress, and a predicted interaction between shyness and identity diffusion predicting career identity distress was supported. Shyness was negatively correlated with satisfaction with amount of exploration engaged in to-date. In addition, shyness was correlated with the likelihood of selecting too stressful and too anxiety provoking as reasons for engaging in less exploration than one would like. Expected relationships between shyness and beliefs about, and engagement in, various methods of exploration were largely non-significant. Exceptions to this were the negative correlations between shyness and engagement in social exploration, and beliefs about the helpfulness of social self-exploration, both of which were significant at a trend level. A predicted interaction between shyness and social support predicting total social exploration was supported, showing that high social support buffers the negative relationship between shyness and exploration; such a moderating relationship did not exist, however, between sociability, shyness and social exploration. Results suggest that although shy university students are engaged in career exploration, they are experiencing feelings of distress and dissatisfaction with their career identity exploration and development. Thus, to help shy students become successfiil in their exploration, it is important for counsellors, family members, and peers to be aware of the feelings the individuals are experiencing and help them reduce the anxiety and stress associated with the exploration process. One promising method, supported by the results in this study, is by encouraging shy individuals to explore with social support.

Quality time: exploring meaningful mandatory community involvement programs in secondary schools /

The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of 5 stakeholder groups—students, parents, community organization representatives, guidance counsellors, and secondary school principals—in dealing with a mandatory secondary school graduation requirement in Ontario. The requirement is that students must complete 40 hours of eligible community involvement activities during their high school years in order to graduate. Ten stakeholders were interviewed regarding the nature of the community involvement program, what makes it work, and suggestions for improvement. The study found that although this program has the potential to provide a meaningful experience for students, and students are seen to gain from their experience in multiple ways, it depends substantially on the commitment of students, educators, and community organizations to make it worthwhile. Stakeholders recommended changes to the current program, which included making it a more structured process that would increase the consistency ofhow this program is implemented, finding ways to curb cheating and to reduce the administrative burden on schools, having more support from the Ontario provincial government and Ontario Ministry of Education and Training in the promotion and communication of this program, and developing partnerships between community organizations and schools to enrich the application of this program. This study concludes with a recommendation that the Ontario Ministry of Education and Training consider introducing Service-Learning, a curriculum-based experiential service and learning process, as an enhancement to the current community involvement program.

An exploratory descriptive study of factors influencing students to seek or not to seek personal counselling on a college of applied arts and technology campus located in Southern Ontario /

This descriptive-exploratory study examined factors which were perceived by students at a College of Applied Arts and Technology (CAAT) campus as influencing them in choosing to come or not to come for personal counselling and why they would or would not retum. A total of 250 students selected through a sample of convenience were surveyed. A questionnaire survey was conducted with quantitative data collected using a 4-point, forced-choice Likert scale and yes/no questions and qualitative data collected using open-ended questions and invited comments. The responses were analyzed using means and modes for the Likert responses and percentages for the yes/no and check-off questions. The narrative responses were subjected to content analysis to identify themes. The mean score findings on factors influencing students to come for personal counselling were at or close to the mid- point of 2.5. Personal distress was the only variable found to have a negative response, meaning students would not come to counselling if they were in personal distress. On factors that would keep them from choosing to come to counselling, students seemed to trust counsellors and feel accepted by them and rejected the notion that peer pressure or the first session being unhelpful would keep them away from counselling. The counsellor's relationship with the student is the major determinant for repeat sessions. When asked what factors would influence students to not retum for personal counselling, students rejected the variables of peer pressure, the extra time needed for counselling, and not getting what they wanted in a session, but, in one instance, indicated that variables regarding the counselling relationship would keep them from returning.

Displaced women professionals: an exploration of perceived learning processes during workplace transition /

This study focused on obtaining a deeper understanding of the perceived learning of female professionals during workplace transition. The women's lived experiences were explored through a feminist interpretive lens (Bloom, 1998). The study also drew upon concepts from adult learning such as barriers and facilitating factors to learning, resistance, transformative learning, and multiple ways of knowing. Five women participated in a 1 -hour interview and a focus group activity. The findings are presented under the 2 broad themes of perceived learning and factors affecting learning. The most common theme of perceived learning was participants' experience of increased self-knowledge. Additionally, while learning was thought of as a struggle, it provided either an opportunity for a reexamination of goals or a reexamination of self. Reflection by participants seemed to follow two orientations and other types of perceived learning included experiential, formal, and informal learning. In the broad theme of factors affecting learning, contradictions and conflict emerged through the examination of participants' multiple subjectivities, and within their naming of many factors as both facilitating factors and barriers to learning. The factors affecting learning themes included personal relationships, professional communities, selfesteem, attitude and emotion, the gendered experience of transition, time, and finances. The final theme explored participants' view of work and their orientations to the future. A proposed model of learning during workplace transition is presented (Figure 1 ) and the findings discussed within this proposed model's framework. Additional developmental theories of women (Josselson, 1987; Levinson & Levinson, 1996), communities of practice theories (Wenger, 1998), and career resilience theories (Pulley, 1995) are discussed within the context of the proposed model. Implications to practice for career counsellors, people going through workplace transition, human resource managers and career coaches were explored. Additionally implications to theory and future areas of research are also discussed.

A qualitative study of inclusion at a residential summer camp

The purpose of this qualitative case study was to understand the inclusion process at a Project Rainbow affiliated camp. Project Rainbow is a non-profit organization which promotes inclusion into children's camps in Ontario. This study was completed in order to provide stakeholders of the camping industry insight on how inclusive techniques can be implemented in residential camps. The researcher observed one camp's inclusion techniques for six days. The researcher observed three campers with disabilities and the camp staff and campers that interacted with them on a daily basis. While the researcher was at the camp, she interviewed nine staff members. The staff members consisted of the camp director, the inclusion coordinator, four camp counsellors, and three inclusion counsellors. An additional interview was conducted after arriving home from camp with the manager from Project Rainbow. The qualitative analysis program NVivo was used to help organize the analyzed data. The researcher found that in attempting to build a culture of inclusion, two important concepts are necessary. First, mutual leadership involved the camp director and Project Rainbow working together as a team to facilitate the inclusion process. Second, power of supportive relationships focused on inclusion being the responsibility of everyone, teamwork, and creating a welcoming environment. Hints at some potentially serious problems related to staff training, teamwork, and attitudes of non-disabled campers pointed to future research and policies which focus on the Ontario and Canadian Camping Associations' role in inclusion, in addition to camp in this study and Project Rainbow.

Envelope addressed to Mr. Welland D. Woodruff from Caldwell, Masslich and Reed

Envelope addressed to Mr. Welland D. Woodruff from Caldwell, Masslich and Reed, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, New York, postmarked Hudson Terminal Station, New York, Sept. 23, 1913.

Le processus de construction identitaire chez les personnes atteintes de troubles mentaux

Des études récentes ont démontré l’importance du travail dans la construction de l’identité. Pour les personnes atteintes d’un trouble psychiatrique qui se retrouvent la plupart du temps exclues du marché du travail, l’absence d’un emploi suppose une construction identitaire problématique. Dans cette perspective, ce mémoire vise à mieux comprendre ce processus. Le cadre conceptuel utilisé dans cette recherche se base sur les principes de l’approche théorique de Dubar. Il permet d’étudier la reconstruction identitaire à partir de l’interaction entre l’identité revendiquée par les personnes atteintes d’une maladie mentale et l’identité attribuée par des personnes de leur entourage. En conséquence, cette recherche analyse le discours de 28 personnes atteintes d’un trouble mental ainsi que de celui de 6 intervenants sociaux. Nos résultats démontrent la reconstruction de formes identitaires problématiques. La première forme touche la majorité des personnes atteintes de troubles mentaux. Ces dernières aspirent à réintégrer le marché du travail et vivre une vie normale. Toutefois, les intervenants sociaux les perçoivent comme des malades qui ne peuvent fonctionner normalement. La deuxième forme identitaire est reconstruite dans un rapport de concordance entre les perceptions des personnes atteintes de troubles mentaux et celles des intervenants. Les répondants se perçoivent comme étant des malades. Cette identité est validée par les intervenants. La dernière forme identitaire s’inscrit dans un rapport conflictuel qui touche seulement une personne. Cette dernière se perçoit comme une personne malade, mais cette identité est refusée par l’intervenant qui la perçoit comme une personne fonctionnelle et apte à retourner sur le marché du travail.

Trajectoires de résilience chez des mères adolescentes victimes de violence de la part de leur partenaire amoureux : implications théoriques et pratiques pour le domaine de la promotion de la santé

Devenir mère à l’adolescence peut représenter une situation d’adversité et est associée à des impacts délétères possibles sur la vie de la jeune mère et de ses enfants. Être victime de violence de la part de son partenaire peut aussi représenter une adversité importante, notamment en regard de ses conséquences préjudiciables sur la santé. Cumulées, ces deux adversités peuvent sérieusement compromettre le parcours de vie d’une jeune femme. Cependant, des jeunes mères surmontent ces adversités. S’appuyant sur un cadre de référence composé par l’approche intersectionnelle et la perspective des parcours de vie, cette thèse permet une meilleure compréhension des différentes composantes d’une trajectoire de résilience en contexte de double adversité. Une part importante de cette thèse permet aussi de mieux documenter le contexte de la maternité précoce vécue dans un contexte de violence conjugale, une situation peu étudiée au Québec. Des jeunes mères ayant donné naissance précocement dans un contexte relationnel adverse qui estiment avoir surmonté ces obstacles et qui sont reconnues comme étant résilientes par les intervenants avec qui elles sont en contact participent à cette étude exploratoire. Ces 19 femmes ont partagé leur histoire par le biais d’entretiens individuels ou d’entretiens de groupe. Des observations participantes échelonnées sur neuf mois complètent cette collecte de données, permettant une meilleure compréhension et contextualisation de la maternité précoce et des défis qui lui sont associés. Leurs propos, retranscris puis analysés de façon séquentielle selon une démarche inspirée des stratégies d’analyse de théorisation ancrée, sont au cœur de l’analyse. Le modèle théorique de la résilience présenté dans cette thèse est constitué de cinq composantes : l’adversité, le point tournant, les processus, les facteurs promoteurs et les facteurs de vulnérabilités. Des indicateurs pouvant témoigner de la présence d’une trajectoire de résilience sont aussi proposés. Parmi les résultats importants de cette étude, notons l’importance de la maternité comme point tournant dans la vie de ces jeunes femmes. En effet, la maternité module la trajectoire de résilience notamment en leur permettant de créer un lien significatif avec leur bébé et de développer un sentiment de responsabilité face à celui-ci. Cette étude permet aussi de mieux cerner les processus permettant le déploiement d’une trajectoire de résilience : 1) Créer un milieu de vie sain pour l’enfant, 2) S’activer face au contexte relationnel adverse, 3) Mobiliser et utiliser les ressources disponibles et 4) Se servir du passé pour aller vers l’avant : (ré)investir les habiletés et ressources développées lors d’adversités antérieures. Les facteurs promoteurs, tout comme les facteurs de vulnérabilité, s’inscrivent dans une lecture systémique et relèvent de différents niveaux écologiques. Alors que les premiers constituent des points d’ancrage sur lesquels peuvent s’appuyer le déploiement et le maintien d’une trajectoire résiliente, les seconds fragilisent cette trajectoire. Les retombées possibles de cette étude pour l’intervention et la recherche dans le domaine de la promotion de la santé sont aussi abordées, notamment sous forme de pistes de réflexion et d’action.

Les pratiques entourant le programme d'hébergement avec encadrement intensif : une analyse qualitative de la perception des intervenants.

Ce mémoire dresse un portrait des pratiques concernant le programme d’hébergement avec encadrement intensif en centre jeunesse au moment de l’étude. Depuis l’ajout, lors de la réforme en 2007, de l’article 11.1.1 dans la Loi sur la protection de la jeunesse, les motifs pour recourir à l’encadrement intensif pour les jeunes pris en charge pour leur protection sont désormais balisés. Cette réforme résulte de controverses à savoir que cette mesure ne respectait pas les droits des jeunes et brimait leur liberté. L’encadrement intensif était perçu par les juristes comme étant illégal et sans fondement juridique. Afin de connaître les effets de la réforme dans les pratiques des intervenants, des entretiens qualitatifs ont été effectués avec vingt-cinq employés des centres jeunesse de Montréal-Institut universitaire et de Laval. Malgré certaines difficultés d’implantation ainsi que certains signes de résistance au changement, les résultats laissent entendre que cette réforme permet d’accroître le respect des droits des jeunes. Du côté des conditions d’hébergement, les changements majeurs se trouvent dans la lourdeur du profil de la clientèle desservie, et la surpopulation des unités d’encadrement intensif. La mixité de la clientèle sur la réadaptation des jeunes est discutée et analysée en fonction du concept de l'inertie socioculturelle et celui du respect des droits de l’enfant.

Analyse anthropologique des politiques de brevetage génétique : le cas du BRCA 1/2 au Québec

Le diagnostic de prédisposition génétique du cancer du sein et de l’ovaire est détenu par la firme de biotechnologie Myriad Genetics depuis 1996, sous la forme d’un brevet, qui lui octroie une licence d’exploitation internationale, infirmant le droit d’analyse moléculaire aux autres laboratoires. Ce monopole, lui permet de statuer sur un prix excessivement plus élevé qu’en milieu public et d’astreindre en justice, les laboratoires contrevenants. Depuis 2001, le Québec est la seule province qui se soumet (en partie) au brevet, en faisant appel à la compagnie pour le séquençage complet. À travers cette recherche, j’analyse les politiques de brevetage génétique, dans sa construction juridique de la propriété intellectuelle et dans les significations culturelles des biotechnologies. Je m’appuie sur un cadre analytique des théories de propriété et sur la recherche en biomédical. Je procède également à l’analyse du discours des médecins et conseillers généticiens au Québec, à travers des entrevues conduites dans des centres hospitaliers de la région de Montréal et de Sherbrooke. Cette étude qualitative identifie comment les conseillers et médecins généticiens conçoivent le rôle des brevets dans les dépistages et diagnostics du cancer et comment les brevets génétiques expriment une culture médicale. Je cherche à déterminer comment sont perçus par des professionnels de santé les brevets génétiques en analysant et en comparant les variations entre limites idéologiques et limites pratiques.

Mental health treatment seeking by military members with posttraumatic stress disorder : findings on rates, characteristics, and predictors from a nationally representative Canadian military sample

Objective: The goal of this study was to identify rates, characteristies, and predictors of mental health treatment seeking by military members with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Method: Our sample was drawn from the 2002 Canadian Community Health Survey-Canadian Forces Supplement (CCHS-CF) dataset. The CCHS-CF is the first epidemiologic survey of PTSD and other mental health conditions in the Canadian military and includes 8441 nationally representative Canadian Forces (CF) members. Of those, 549 who met the criteria for lifetime PTSD were included in our analyses. To identify treatment rates and characteristics, we examined frequency of treatment contact by professional and facility type. To identify predictors of treatment seeking, we conducted a binary logistic regression with lifetime treatment seeking as the outcome variable. Results: About two-thirds of those with PTSD consulted with a professional regarding mental health problems. The most frequently consulted professionals, during both the last year and lifetime, included social workers and counsellors, medical doctors and general practitioners, and psychiatrists. Consultations during the last year most often took place in a CF facility. Treatment seeking was predicted by cumulative lifetime trauma exposure, index traumatic event type, PTSD symptom interference, and comorbid major depressive disorder. Those with comorbid depression were 3.75 times more likely to have sought treatment than those without. Conclusions: Although a significant portion of military members with PTSD sought mental health treatment, 1 in 3 never did. Trauma-related and illness and (or) need factors predicted treatment seeking. Of all the predictors of treatment seeking, comorbid depression most increased the likelihood of seeking treatment.

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Construcción y validación de un instrumento diagnóstico para la representación cognitiva de la Orientación Psicopedagógica en Galicia. 'Construction and validation of a diagnostic instrument for the cognitive representation of the Guidance in Galicia'.

Resumen tomado de la publicación. Con el apoyo económico del departamento MIDE de la UNED

Sustainability : a new look at healthy people and workplaces. 'Sostenibilidad : una nueva imágen de personas y entornos de trabajo Saludables'.

Resumen tomado de la publicación. Con el apoyo económico del departamento MIDE de la UNED