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Bryden, Bruce W. – Colorado Journal of Educational Research, 1975
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Career Planning
DIPBOYE, WILBERT J.; KUHLEN, RAYMOND G. – 1959
THE SUBJECT OF CONSIDERATION WAS TO STUDY THE REASONS WHY YOUNG PEOPLE CHOOSE THE TEACHING PROFESSION IN CONTRAST TO OTHER VOCATIONS INVOLVING COMPARABLE TRAINING. APPROXIMATELY 1,200 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY PROVIDED INFORMATION FOR THIS PROJECT. COMPARISONS WERE MADE OF--(1) WOMEN STUDENTS SELECTING ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Planning, Elementary School Teachers, Personality Assessment
Bryden, Bruce W. – Colorado Journal of Educational Research, 1975
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Career Planning
Peer reviewedWakefield, James A., Jr.; Cunningham, Claude H. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1975
The Vocational Preference Inventory and the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule were administered to 372 undergraduates. The two instruments were compared using canonical analysis. The analysis revealed three significant relationships between components of the two instruments. The relationships were viewed as supportive of Holland's theory of…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Individual Characteristics, Occupational Tests, Personality Assessment
Peer reviewedUtz, Patricia; Korben, Donald – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1976
The purpose of this study was to investigate the construct validity of the occupational themes on the Strong Campbell Interest Inventory. Male (n=199) and female (n=204) college counseling center clients were administered the SCII and the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS). The occupational themes and related descriptors were validated in…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Females, Higher Education
Peer reviewedJohnson, Wilfred A. – Education, 1983
Students (98) choosing careers in special education-behavior disorders or elementary education were given standardized tests to attempt to identify personality traits presented by good special education teachers of the behaviorally disordered. Subtests on teaching humanities and counseling/guidance of young people showed higher means for special…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Career Choice, Comparative Analysis, Education Majors
Download full textPietrofesa, John J.; Wurtz, Robert E. – 1970
It has been hypothesized that personality needs have a significant impact upon eventual occupational placement. The Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS) was designed to provide researchers in Career development with a quick and convenient measure of a number of relatively independent personality variables, or needs. It gauges 15 such needs…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Group Norms
Campos, Priscilla Bernadette – 1970
To ascertain differences in the area of non-intellectual characteristics among senior students and successful practitioners in four paramedical groups, data collected by administering the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS) were statistically analyzed. This test, measuring the relative strength of 15 personality needs, was given to 396…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Career Awareness
