This study was designed to compare a new inventory measuring concepts of the "healthy personality" with the most widely used inventory of the Big Five personality traits, the NEO personality inventory-Revised (NEO-PI-R). Using adjectives as the stimulus materials, Borgen and Betz (2008) developed a 17-scale inventory called the Healthy…

In this article, the separate literatures of a neurobiologically based approach system and vocational interests are reviewed and integrated into a social neuroscientific model of the processes underlying interests, based upon the idea of selective approach motivation. The authors propose that vocational interests describe the types of stimuli that…

Interests, personality, and values figure prominently in work motivation, yet little research has examined the combined influence of these factors on vocational behavior. The present study therefore examined relationships among these variables in a sample of 282 medical students (169 women, 113 men) who responded to the Strong Interest Inventory,…

The NEO Personality Inventory, Personal Styles Inventory, and Self-Directed Search (SDS) were completed by 319 participants. Higher profile elevation (total score of SDS scales) was associated with higher openness to experience and extraversion and lower depressive personality. Results help interpret high or low SDS profiles. (SK)

The NEO Personality Inventory measures 30 traits in a 5-factor personality model. The instrument can supplement vocational interest measures with information about adjustment and motivation. The NEO Job Profiler identifies personality requirements of different occupations. The two tools help locate an optimal match between person and occupation.…