Journal of Applied Psychological Research

Journal of Applied Psychological Research

Designing a Career Development Model for Female Students: Grounded Theory

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
1 Department of counseling, faculty of education and psychology, university of isfahan
2 Department of Counseling, Faculty of Education & psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan
Abstract
This research was done with the aim of identifying the components of career development for secondary school students and analyzing the strategies, causal, intervening, background conditions and the consequences of the therapeutic relationship. The current research method is practical and qualitative type of grounded Theory. The population of this research included all students of the secondary school. The purposeful sampling was of a theoretical type and continued until the limit of theoretical saturation and the selection of 30 students. The participants were subjected to semi-structured interviews. In order to analyze the data, Corbin and Strauss theme analysis method was used. Data analysis led to the production of 15 main themes including the development components, background factors (social contexts, individual contexts and cultural contexts), causal factors (external factors and internal factors), intervention factors. (organizational obstacles, role of peers and social problems, individual problems), strategies (individual empowerment, career path empowerment, family empowerment) and outcomes (improving individual mental health, improving family mental health and social progress) 44 sub-themes and 360 codes were opened.
Keywords


Articles in Press, Corrected Proof
Available Online from 02 October 2026

  • Receive Date 08 September 2023
  • Revise Date 22 October 2023
  • Accept Date 19 December 2023
  • First Publish Date 08 September 2026
  • Publish Date 02 October 2026