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Goodyear, Rodney K.; Frank, Austin C. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1977
This study provides an analysis and cross-validation of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) occupational introversion-extroversion (OIE) scale, a parent of the IE scale in the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory (SCII). (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Comparative Analysis, Personality Assessment, Personality Measures
Woodbury, Roger; Pate, Dove H. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1977
This study identified dimensions of vocational and personality variables in the Cognitive Vocational Maturity Test (CVMT), Work Values Inventory (WVI), Ohio Vocational Interest Survey (OVIS), and Jesness Inventory (JI) for 410 male delinquents. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Development, Delinquency, Interest Inventories, Personality Assessment
Cowan, Robert; And Others – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1978
Investigated construct validity of four self-report, self-concept instruments: Bledsoe Self-Concept Scale (BSCS), Children's Self-Concept Scale (CSCS), Self-Esteem Inventory (SEI) and Purdue Self-Concept Scale (PSCS). In assessing the self-concepts of 175 fourth-grade children convergent validity of the tests was not established. (Author)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Personality Assessment, Personality Measures
Besyner, James K.; And Others – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1978
This article describes an attempt to differntiate Holland's six types by means of personality need variables. Participants were administered Holland's VPI and Jackson's Personality Research Form (PRF). One-way analyses of variance revealed that PRF variables could not differentiate Holland's six types. (Author)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Personality Assessment
Woodbury, Roger – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1975
Identifies the dimensions of vocational interests in the Ohio Vocational Interest Survey (OVIS) among adjudicated male delinquents. A random sample of 301 male delinquents were administered the OVIS. The results lend support for the use of the cubistic model and the OVIS with delinquents. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Delinquency, Individual Characteristics
Becker, Sonia – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1977
An investigation of the relationship of selected variables to congruency or discrepancy between expressed or inventoried interests is presented. The sample for this study consisted of 327 randomly selected high school students from a public school located in an affluent suburb and a parochial school located in a city. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Congruence (Psychology), High School Students, Interest Inventories
Williams, Gerald D. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1975
Investigated student perceptions of occupational congruency using Holland's realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional personality and environment types. Four levels of person-environment congruency were established from the hexagonal ordering of the types. Student perceptions of congruent activities, values,…
Descriptors: Career Choice, High School Students, Individual Characteristics, Interest Inventories
Elmore, Patricia B.; Beggs, Donald L. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1975
In this study, elementary school teachers were asked to rate their students on items describing personality traits observable in a classroom setting. The ratings were done in two sessions. Results strongly indicated that teachers were not consistent in rating the personality traits of pupils. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Behavior Rating Scales, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Education
Prediger, Dale J. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1976
Holland hypothesized that personality pattern consistency is related to vocational satisfaction, stability, and success. The viability of this key construct in Holland's theory of careers is examined in light of the expected relationship between level of consistency and frequency of occurrence of 2-letter Holland personality codes. Results are…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Factor Analysis, High School Students, Occupational Tests