Effectiveness of counseling program to develop awareness of change management, self-regulation skills and positive psychological capital among youth entering the job market

Document Type : Original research articles

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1 Faculty of Home Economic

2 Department of of Home Economics and Education, Faculty of Home Economics, Menoufia University, Shibin El Kom, Egypt

Abstract

The research aims to investigate the effectiveness of counseling program to develop change management with its sub-competences (preparing, creating, stabilizing change), self-regulation with its skills (goals setting, self-planning, time management, control external stimuli, self-monitoring, self-evaluation), and positive psychological capital with its sub-competences (self-efficacy, hope, optimism, flexibility) for youth entering the job market. The basic sample (284) students and the experimental sample (71) students in the 4th grade of the Faculty of Home Economics, with low level on the research tools to apply the counseling program. The researchers used the general data form, the change management scale (Saad & Abdellatif, 2021), the self-regulation skills scale, the positive psychological capital scale, and counseling program. The research followed the descriptive analytical and the experimental method. The main results show that: There are statistically significant differences at the level (0.01, 0.05) between the means of change management, self-regulation skills, and positive psychological capital among the basic sample according to (gender, education level of parents, professional level of father, monthly income of the family, work with study), Positive significant relationships between change management, self-regulation skills, and positive psychological capital, A statistically significant difference at level (0.01) between the pre and post-test on the research tools of experimental sample in favor of the post-test. This indicates the effectiveness of the program.

The researchers recommend: The need to spread awareness of the importance of change management, self-regulation skills, and positive psychological capital among youth, and help them keep pace with change and future job market requirements.

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