The impact of video exposure on students entering school psychology

Joel O. Bocanegra, Aaron A. Gubi, Gregory L. Callan, Emery Clayson

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Abstract

School psychology is experiencing a shortages crisis. Within this two-part study, the Social Cognitive Career Theory was used to examine the impact of video interventions on students' choice and application to school psychology programs. A sub-sample of participants were followed across 4 years. Findings suggest that, when measured immediately before and after, a short video intervention had a significant impact on participants' perceived knowledge and intentions to apply to a school psychology training program. However, when measured across several years, the video was not found to have a significant impact on actual application to a school psychology training program. Nevertheless, exposure to school psychology from multiple sources was still found to be the best predictor of actually applying to a school psychology program. Study results highlight the importance of concerted efforts throughout the career development pipeline to expose students to the profession of school psychology.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1287-1300
Number of pages14
JournalPsychology in the Schools
Volume56
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019

Keywords

  • choice action
  • exposure
  • recruitment
  • social cognitive career theory
  • video intervention

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