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Classification of Professional Values Based on Motivational Content: An Exploratory Study on Italian Adolescents
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Pallini, Susanna; Bove, Giuseppe; Laghi, Fiorenzo – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2011
This study applies a multidimensional scaling (MSD) technique to investigate the structural validity of the Work Values Inventory for Adolescents with a sample of Italian students. The MSD results indicated the presence of two underlying orthogonal dimensions: individuality versus sociality and conservation versus exploration. Implications for…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Multidimensional Scaling, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries
Ability Self-Estimates and Self-Efficacy: Meaningfully Distinct?
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Bubany, Shawn T.; Hansen, Jo-Ida C. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2010
Conceptual differences between self-efficacy and ability self-estimate scores, used in vocational psychology and career counseling, were examined with confirmatory factor analysis, discriminate relations, and reliability analysis. Results suggest that empirical differences may be due to measurement error or scale content, rather than due to the…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Measurement, Factor Analysis, Error of Measurement
Indices of Interest Maturity in the Kuder Occupation Interest Survey.
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Zytowski, Donald G.; England, Raymond J. L. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1995
A combination of high occupational score and a low men-in-general or women-in-general score on the Kuder Occupational Interest Survey is moderately predictive of interest stability and occupational consistency. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Higher Education, Maturity (Individuals)
Computers and Beyond in the Career Decision-Making Process.
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Hansen, Jo-Ida C. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1986
Explores the evolution of computer-assisted assessment, including a specific example of videodisk technology used to enhance career decision making. Discusses the potential impact of videodisk use on counselor's time management. (Author/ABB)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Planning, Counseling Techniques
Suggestions for Selecting Appropiate Career Assessment Instruments.
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Westbrook, Bert W. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1988
Makes six suggestions for selecting appropriate career assessment instruments in the areas of proper training, use of the right kind of standards, deciding what information is needed, getting written documentation about tests under consideration, careful evaluation of instruments, and becoming familiar with issues in career assessment. (ABL)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
A Comparison of Self-Reported Abilities and Occupational Ability Patterns across Occupations.
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Harrington, Thomas F.; Schafer, William D. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1996
Job analyses were compared with employees' self-ratings of abilities across 54 occupations. Participants totaled 2,272 workers (1,119 women and 1,153 men) who took the Career Decision-Making System as part of an effort to expand its concurrent validity evidence. The results supported the validity of self-assessment of aptitudes in career…
Descriptors: Ability, Ability Identification, Adults, Aptitude
Challenges of Internet-Based Assessment: Measuring Career Decision-Making Difficulties
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Kleiman, Tali; Gati, Itamar – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2004
In the twenty-first century, for a growing number of people around the world, the Internet is used not only for gathering information but also for self-help. The uses of the Internet are steadily growing, and it has become an inseparable part of everyday life for ordinary people (Barak, 1999; Barak & English, 2002; Gore & Leuwerke, 2000;…
Descriptors: Internet, Career Choice, Decision Making, Computer Assisted Testing