Relation of type and amount of training to career counseling self-efficacy in Italy

This study examined the relation of self-efficacy to length and type of training in a sample of Italian career counselors. Findings indicated that amount of career counseling training was positively related to counselors' self-efficacy regarding their abilities to conceptualize vocational problems, deal with career indecision concerns, and provide educational counseling. In addition, counselors who had participated in an in-service training course that focused on social cognitive/learning theories reported stronger self-efficacy regarding their skills at vocational problem conceptualization and at educational counseling than did those who received more eclectic training.