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1 Super’s Theory: A Life-Span, Life-Space Approach to Careers
PSY 313 Instructor: Emily E. Bullock, Ph.D.

2 Super’s Vocational Theory
History of Super’s work Career Pattern Study (1985) Coming of Age in Middletown: Careers in the Making Unique in espousing a developmental perspective in viewing occupational choice 14 propositions serve as assumptions of the theory

3 Super’s theory Life Space: The social situation in which an individual lives Life Span: life stages such as childhood which are linked to career stages Life Career Rainbow

4 Super’s Career-Life Rainbow

5 Super’s Rainbow

6 Super’s Theory Life Span Career Stages Growth: (4-13yrs)
Exploration: (14-24yrs) crystallizing , specifying, and implementing an occupational choice Establishment (25-44yrs) stabilizing, consolidating, and advancing in a position Maintenance (45-65yrs) holding on, keeping up, and innovating Disengagement (over 65 yrs) deceleration, retirement planning, and retirement living

7 Super’s Theory Career maturity and career adaptability
Proponent of adding a measure of values to career batteries Self-concept system Criticized for focusing on the majority population

8 Super’s Theory: Practical Applications
Assessment’s 4 Phases: Career Development Assessment and Counseling Life structure and work role salience Career development status and resources Vocational identity Occupational self–concepts and life themes

9 Super’s Theory: Practical Applications
Integration of data and interpretation of results The Counseling Process Interview is the prime means of directly fostering growth and exploratory experiences Advocates the use of “generic counseling processes” based on the needs of the client Cyclical Counseling-composed of directive and nondirective approaches

10 Theory of Career Construction
Updates and advances Super’s Theory Considered more applicable to a multicultural society and a global economy Based on the idea that we each construct representations of reality Career development is due to the adaptation to the environment rather than internal maturation Career development occurs through an active process of meaning making rather than a discovery of preexisting facts

11 Theory of Career Construction
3 Main Components of the Theory Vocational Personality Type Career Adaptability Life Theme

12 Theory of Career Construction: Career Adaptability
How one constructs a career; individual’s readiness and resources for coping with current and imminent vocational development tasks, occupational transitions, and personal traumas Career Maturity 4 dimensions of response readiness and coping resources Concern Control Curiosity Confidence

13 Theory of Career Construction: Life Themes
Why of vocational behavior in a way that is highly unique to each individual “consists of a problem or a set of problems which a person wishes to solve above everything else and the means that the person finds to achieve a solution” Mattering

14 Evaluating Super’s Theory
How might you use Super’s Theory & Career Construction Theory with clients? How does these theories compare with others we have studied?


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