an article by Mark C. Rehfuss (Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA) and Annamaria Di Fabio (University of Florence, Italy) published in Journal of Career Assessment Volume 20 Number 4 (November 2012)
Abstract
This study examined the validity of the Future Career Autobiography (FCA; Rehfuss, 2009), a qualitative instrument designed to capture change or stability in individuals’ life and occupational narratives across time as a result of narrative career interventions.
Italian female entrepreneurs (N = 82) were randomly assigned into either an experimental group (n = 40) that received career counselling consistent with the Life Design paradigm or a control group (n = 42) that received no intervention.
The results indicated a significant narrative movement or change in the post-FCAs of the experimental group, moving from general to more specific life and occupational themes, while the control group’s pre- and post-FCAs remained similar across the same time period.
In addition, word count analysis revealed expanded narrative expression within the experimental group’s post-FCAs.
Together, these findings support the validity of this qualitative instrument.
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