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Mazen, A. Magid – 1984
Holland's (1973) theory of vocational choice proposes a typology of, and a match between, people and occupations. The Self Directed Search (SDS) can be used to assess people's occupational orientation types. To assess the construct validity of Holland's theory of occupational preferences, 171 female industrial workers participated in a study,…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Multidimensional Scaling, Personality Traits
Peer reviewedTaymans, Juliana M. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1991
Two self-administered, self-scored, and self-interpreted career interest inventories used by adolescents and adults are described, the Self-Directed Search and its Form Easy, an adaptation for poor readers. The paper discusses test components, subtests, and theory; gender issues; interpretation; appropriateness; coding discrepancies; and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Career Choice, Career Guidance
Download full textMorrow, Jim M. – 1987
This paper offers some suggestions and cautions concerning the use of the Self-Directed Search (SDS) and the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory (SCII). A rationale for separate scoring of interest and ability sections of the SDS is provided, i.e., that correlations between interest and abilities and between abilities and vocational satisfaction…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Interest Inventories, Interrater Reliability, Job Satisfaction
