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Article: career development of trauma survivors: expectations about counseling and career maturity.(Statistical Data Included)
- Article from:
- Journal of Employment Counseling
- Article date:
- September 1, 2001
- Author:
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Trauma survivors include individuals who have been affected by a severe physical or psychologically threatening experience. This study compared the expectations for career counseling and the level of career maturity among trauma survivors and nonsurvivors (individuals who have had no trauma experience) who participated in a program at a midwestern social service agency. The findings indicated that trauma survivors were more motivated and open to counseling than nonsurvivors, but expected their counselors to be less empathic. No significant differences were noted on career maturity. Implications for counselor training and future research are also discussed.
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