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Direct linkAkram, Hadeel Abdulah – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The factor structure of Holland's hexagonal model as shown in the Self-Directed Search (SDS) has received extensive attention across the world. The goal in creating the SDS was to equip guidance counselors and services with information about adults' personality types, interests, preferences, and career options. More precisely, the SDS items assess…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Translation, Semitic Languages, Factor Structure
Peer reviewedDumenci, Levent – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1995
Results of the Self-Directed Search (SDS) completed by 305 male and 395 female students supported the convergent and discriminant validity of the SDS and of a hierarchically nested structural model. Contradictory conclusions were reached about construct validity. (SK)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Measures (Individuals), Personality Traits, Validity
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
