Effects of matching treatment approaches and personality types in group vocational counseling

40 university students were identified as either people oriented (PO) or task oriented (TO), on the basis of their responses to the Vocational Preference Inventory. Half of the PO Ss were given group vocational counseling using a learning through interaction method (LTI), and the other half were counseled through a learning through individual problem solving method (LTIPS). Similarly, half of the TO Ss were counseled through LTI and half through LTIPS. Counseling approaches that were congruent with personality types (i.e., LTIPS approach with TO Ss and LTI with PO Ss) were more effective than counseling approaches that did not match personality type. Effectiveness was measured in terms of amount of occupational information sought by Ss, Ss' evaluation of the group experience, and scores on the Attitude scale of the Career Maturity Inventory. (17 ref)