본 연구의 목적은 중학생들의 자아개념과 진로의식성숙 수준을 향상시킬 수 있는 직업적 성격유형에 근거한 진로집단상담 프로그램을 개발하여 그 효과를 검증하는 데 있다. 이를 위해 먼저 선행연구들을 토대로 프로그램의 틀을 갖추고 중학생들의 심리적, 인지적, 현실적인 특성을 고려하여 프로그램의 내용을 구성하였다. 연구대상은 프로그램 참여를 희망한 S중학교의 3학년 학생 48명 중 남녀 각각 8명씩, 실험집단 16명, 비교집단1에 16명, 비교집단2에 16명으로 무선 배치하였다. 프로그램 효과를 검증하기 위하여, 실험집단에는 직업적 성격유형을 적용한 진로집단상담 프로그램을, 비교집단1은 기존의 일반진로집단상담 프로그램을, 비교집단2에는 진로상담이론에 대한 강의로 구성한 프로그램을 각각 12회기 동안 매회 90분간 실시하였다. 직업적 성격유형을 적용한 진로집단상담 프로그램은 탐색, 진단, 명료화, 문제 해결 및 강화의 5단계로 구성되어 있으며, 프로그램의 효과를 검증하기 위하여 사용된 도구는 송인섭(1982)이 개발한 자아개념 검사와 한국심리검사연구소(1977)에서 개발한 진로의식성숙 검사이다. 본 연구에서 수집된 자료는 사전-사후 검사의 평균과 표준편차를 구하고, 프로그램의 효과를 분석하기 위해 공변량분석(ANCOVA)을 하였다. 본 연구에서 얻어진 결론은 첫째, 직업적 성격유형을 적용한 진로집단상담 프로그램은 중학생의 자아개념을 향상시키는 데 긍정적인 효과를 보여주었다. 둘째, 직업적 성격유형을 적용한 진로집단상담 프로그램은 중학생의 진로의식성숙 수준을 향상시키는 데 긍정적인 효과를 보여주었다.

The purpose of this study was to develop career group-counseling program applied by occupational personality types and analyze the effects of this program on self-concepts and career maturity of middle school students. The content of this program was developed on the basis of previous studies and considered the psychological, cognitive, and realistic traits of students. The subjects used in this study were 48 students of S middle school, who were in the 3rd grade and volunteered to participate in this program. Those students were randomly divided into an experimental group (n=16), first compare group (n=16), second compare group (n=16). To verify the effect of this program career group-counseling program applied by vocational personality types was carried out with the experimental group, the existing general career group-counseling program was offered to first compare group, and general career counseling theory was offered to second compare group 12 times, for 90 minutes. This program has five stages: search, diagnosis, distinctness, problem solution, and strengthening. The instrument used in this study were 78 questions of self-concept diagnosis test by Song, In-Sub in 1982 and career maturity test by Kim, In-Su and Kim, Myung-Jun in 1977. The data collected in this study were analyzed by SPSS program. The mean and standard deviation on pre-test and post-test were calculated and the effects were analyzed by ANCOVA. As the findings of this study were compared with those of the past studies, the following results were formed: first, career group-counseling program applied by vocational personality types was effective in improving the self-concepts of middle school students. Second, career group-counseling program applied by vocational personality types was effective in improving the career maturity of middle school students. In conclusion, career group-counseling program applied by vocational personality types, developed in this study was proved that it was helpful in improving middle school students`` self-concepts and career maturity.