Raw Data: Career Adaptability and Motivational Interview Among At-risk Chinese College Students

The data presented here was partially published in the article “Improving career adaptability through motivational interview among peers: An intervention of at-risk Chinese college students majoring in foreign language” (Gai et al., 2022) [1]. A self-report questionnaire on career adaptability was administered to 343 first-year college students majoring in foreign languages. Sixty-seven who scored in the bottom 27th percentile on career adaptability were identified. These participants were randomly assigned to two groups: an intervention group with motivational interviews (N=35) and a control group without motivational interviews (N=32). These participants were tested on career adaptability two months later. Researchers can use the data to compare group differences in career adaptability between the two-time points.