Determine whether distributing insight-oriented material across activities increases insight

Determine whether incorporating autobiographical or otherwise insight-generating reflection material into each day of a career-reflection program increases participants’ insight during later activities.

Background

Participant insight was concentrated almost entirely in the first activity, which focused on autobiographical reflection; insight was rare during the subsequent planning activities. The authors therefore suggest that a program seeking sustained insight might repeat or distribute material that reconnects participants with their personal histories.

However, the transcript data are observational and only show that front-loading the material was associated with nearly empty later activities. They do not establish that redistributing the material would increase insight, leaving the intervention-design question unresolved.