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Peer reviewedMatthews, Dorothy F.; Walsh, W. Bruce – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1978
This study, using the Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) and the Self-Directed Search (SDS), explored concurrent validity of Holland's theory for employed non-college-degreed women (N=114). Results revealed three scales of the VPI and five scales of the SDS successfully differentiated occupational groups consistent with Holland's theoretical…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Employed Women, Females
Peer reviewedFeldman, Shoshana; Meir, Elchanan I. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1976
A Hebrew interest inventory for females in Israel, based on Holland's vocational classification, was examined on 322 female pupils and 167 working females. Results showed subjects occupied in a field had highest interest scores in that field and the highest interest score was the score of those engaged in that field. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Employed Women, Females, Research Projects
Peer reviewedBingham, Rosie P.; Walsh, W. Bruce – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1978
This study, using the Vocational Preference Inventory and the Self-Directed Search, explored the concurrent validity of Holland's theory for employed college-degreed Black women. The findings support the validity of Holland's theory for this population. (Author)
Descriptors: Blacks, Career Choice, College Graduates, Females
Peer reviewedHorton, Joseph A.; Walsh, W. Bruce – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1976
The study was designed to explore two areas: (1) the concurrent validity of Holland's theory for employed college degreed women using two different operational definitions (Vocational Preference Inventory and the Self-Directed Search) of vocational orientation; and (2) the relationships among same named scales across the VPI and the SDS. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Graduates, Comparative Analysis, Employed Women
Peer reviewedFabry, Julian J. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1976
A test of Holland's vocational theory across and within selected occupational groups demonstrated concurrent validity for three of the four groups investigated. Statistically significant coefficients of concordance indicated a degree of agreement among individuals in each of the occupational groups investigated. (Author)
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Group Behavior, Group Testing, Interest Inventories
Besyner, James K.; And Others – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1978
This article describes an attempt to differntiate Holland's six types by means of personality need variables. Participants were administered Holland's VPI and Jackson's Personality Research Form (PRF). One-way analyses of variance revealed that PRF variables could not differentiate Holland's six types. (Author)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Personality Assessment
Peer reviewedWilliams, James H.; Whitney, Douglas – NASPA Journal, 1978
This study was directed to the question: "How do minority students respond to an interest inventory?" If these students show different response patterns, then modifications need to be made in the counseling interpretations of such results or in the instruments. Holland's VPI was administered to 110 Educational Opportunities Program…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, College Freshmen, Disadvantaged Youth, Higher Education
