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Direct linkMudarra, Maria J.; Lázaro Martínez, Ángel – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2014
Introduction: The current study demonstrates empirical and cultural validity of "La Clave Profesional" (Spanish adaptation of Career Key, Jones's test based Holland's RIASEC model). The process of providing validity evidence also includes a reflection on personal and career development and examines the relationahsips between RIASEC…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Validity, Career Guidance, Vocational Interests
Athanasou, James A. – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2011
This article reflects on the history of interest assessment in Australia in the last 45 years. In it the author would like to review some aspects of the history of interest assessment in Australia from his personal perspective as a user and researcher. He suggests that the present state of interest assessment in Australia using inventories is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interest Inventories, Career Guidance, Rating Scales
Hollifield, John H. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1974
The author briefly discusses the results of Holland's Self-Directed Search (SDS), taken by 20 writers, as supportive of the validity of the SDS as a vocational guidance instrument. (RP)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Research, Test Results
Download full textHolland, John L.; And Others – 1973
The validity of some theoretically-derived vocational diagnostic signs was examined to learn if a person's self-knowledge, occupational knowledge, and decision-making ability were predictable. Diverse samples of high school juniors (N = 1005), college juniors (N = 692), and employed adults (N = 140) were administered the Self-Directed Search (the…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Education, Career Guidance, Decision Making
Peer reviewedHurlburt, Graham; And Others – Journal of American Indian Education, 1985
Describes study using Self-Directed Search vocational interest inventory with 75 Canada Native high school students. Finds the inventory reliable and stable for use with Indian students. (LFL)
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Canada Natives, Career Choice, Career Guidance
Zener, Thelma Baldwin; Schnuelle, Leslie – 1972
In an evaluation of the Self-Directed Search (SDS), a self-administered vocational counseling experience based on Holland's theory of vocational choice and his occupational classification, a total of 1,092 students in 10th, 11th, and 12th grades in four high schools were divided into three treatment groups. One group took the regular, published…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Career Planning
Peer reviewedGunning, Laurie; And Others, Eds. – Career Planning and Adult Development Journal, 1991
This special issue includes the following: "Introduction"; "Interest Inventories: Which One, Why, and for Whom?"; "Recent Reports from the Committee to Screen Career Guidance Instruments"; "Assessment of Career Specialty Interests in Business and Medicine"; "Using Career Interest Inventories with…
Descriptors: Adults, Athletes, Blacks, Business Education
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
