The article describes the development and validation of the Career Personality Styles Inventory (CPSI). The CPSI comprehensively assesses Holland's career personality styles with only 22 items. Based on a series of 3 studies, we found satisfactory internal consistency, factor structure, and criterion validities of the newly constructed CPSI.

Examined reliability of United States Employment Service Interest Inventory (USES-II) by twice administering USES-II to 100 vocational rehabilitation clients. Retest reliability coefficients for the 12 scales of the USES-II ranged from .73 to .88 with a median of .83 for this population. Findings support use of USES-II in occupational exploration…

This study examined evidence of concurrent validity for the use of scores from the Campbell Interest and Skill Survey (CISS) with college student-athletes. Agreement between declared college major and interest scores on the CISS was calculated for male student-athletes and nonathletes. Difference between samples was nonsignificant. (Contains 22…

Holland's construct of differentiation was studied with measures of development, career decisiveness, and achievement. College freshmen completed either the Student Development Task Inventory (N=349) or the Career Decision Scale (N=51). All subjects completed the American College Testing Program's Interest Inventory. Results support Holland's…

Used discriminant analysis of U.S. Employment Service (USES) Interest Inventory to correctly classify 34 percent (weighted) and 37 percent (unweighted hit rate) of male graduates (n=282) with severe handicaps from residential medical and vocational rehabilitation facility to employment into eight vocational training groups. Results support…

Examined relationship between Holland's personality types as measured by the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory and Jung's personality types as measured by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. College students' (N=394) responses to the two instruments revealed significant associations between certain types based on interests and preferences.…

Examined the equivalence of two versions of the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory (SCII) using four combinations of paper-and-pencil and computer administrations with college student subjects (N=75). Found slightly better test-retest reliability for the computer-based SCII. (Author/ABL)

Examined predictive validity of Medical Specialty Preference Scales (MSPS) and Medical Specialty Preference Inventory (MSPI). Administered MSPS to 71 medical students and MSPI to 73 medical students. Findings indicated that MSPI predicted accurately three times more than did MSPS. Based on predictive validity and teaching possibilities, MSPI seems…

Examined how accurately college students (n=87) recalled information from their Strong Interest Inventory (SII) profiles one year later. Significant number of participants recalled at least one profile result, but accuracy of recall varied by type of scale and percentage of participants who first remembered something and then remembered it…

Outlines the development of a new interest inventory based on the RIASEC (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, Conventional) model. Rigorous development procedures and outcomes of a large validation study attest to the inventory's validity and reliability; it was found to be psychometrically sound and systematically correlated…

Assessed concurrent validity of 1985 Strong Interest Inventory (SII) for college major by matching college students' (n=153) declared or intended majors with Occupational Scales on SII profile and calculating hit rates to determine accuracy of profiles for identifying college majors. SII had concurrent validity for major selection comparable to…

Assessed criterion validity of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank - Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory for a heterogeneous sample of American Indian college students (N=49). For the analysis of the concurrent validity between major and Occupational Scale score, the excellent and moderate concurrent hit rate for women in the direct relationship…

A predictive validation study of the Career Decision-Making System (CDM), using as criteria the stated career choices and expected postsecondary majors of high school seniors (N=164), yielded support for the instrument. (Author)

Examined user reaction to computer-administered and paper-and-pencil-administered forms of the Strong Interest Inventory. Results indicate that user reactions to the two administration modes were reasonably similar in most areas. However, the computer group indicated more often that their version was easier to use and follow. (RJM)

Examined the relationship between the Sensation Seeking Scale (SSS) and scores on the Adventure scale of the Strong Interest Inventory (SII) among female college students (n=55). Women scoring high on the SSS scales also scored high on the Adventure scale, thereby supporting the construct validity of the SII Adventure scale. (RJM)