This study was designed to examine the effect of a computer assisted career guidance system, DISCOVER, on the level of career indecision of physically disabled college students. Subjects for the study were 50 physically disabled undergraduate students from two universities and one community college. A posttest-only control group was used as the research design. Students assigned to the experimental group utilized the DISCOVER system, while students in the control group did not receive a treatment. Independent variables for the study were the experimental conditions of DISCOVER and Control, sex, type of disability, age-of-onset of disability, and GPA. The dependent variable was level of career indecision. To measure level of career indecision, the Career Decision Scale (CDS) (Osipow, 1980) was used. The Personal Data Sheet (Burkhead, 1981) was used in the study to gather demographic information. The GPAs of the subjects were obtained from records at the two universities and the community college. / A three-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to analyze the main effects among group membership, sex, and types of disability, as well as the interaction effects of group membership, sex, and type of disability, on the dependent variable. A regression analysis was used to analyze the linear relationship among age-of-onset of disability, GPA, and the dependent variable. / Major findings of the study were: (1) Physically disabled college students who used the DISCOVER system were not different in their level of career indecision from physically disabled college students in a Control group. (2) Type of disability, sex, and group membership (DISCOVER and Control) had no main or interaction effect on physically disabled college students' level of career indecision. (3) Age-of-onset disability and GPA were not related to the level of career indecision of physically disabled college students assigned to the DISCOVER group or the Control group. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 48-02, Section: A, page: 0306. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1987.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76012 |
| Contributors | ALSTON, REGINALD J., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 134 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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