Purpose: The purpose of the current study is to investigate the relationship between career readiness, defined as capability and complexity, and vocational identity for individuals with disabilities. Method: Forty-three consumers participating in vocational evaluation services for a state-federal vocational rehabilitation agency completed the…

This study compared dysfunctional career thoughts and perceptions of vocational identity for individuals with different types of disabilities and examined whether the relation of career thoughts to vocational identity was moderated by type of disability. Ninety adults with cognitive and physical impairments were administered the Career Thoughts…

Undergraduates in group career counseling wrote essays exploring resource awareness, resource use, life roles, values, self-awareness, and empowerment and held discussions of career maturity and identity. They formulated action plans to work on the strengths and weaknesses identified. (SK)

Data from 199 respondents among 2,000 dislocated auto workers showed My Vocational Situation to be a reliable instrument. Differences between high and low scorers on the Vocational Identity subscale suggest that different counseling interventions may be appropriate. (SK)

Confirmatory factor analysis of My Vocational Situation scores for 201 African American and 553 white students supported the fit of a one-factor model. However, a test of multigroup invariance indicated that vocational identity factor structures were not equivalent across groups. (Contains 32 references.)

Adults requesting career guidance at a counseling center completed a problem-checklist and the Identity, Information, and Barriers scales of the My Vocational Situation inventory. Respondents indicated a need for information on careers; lack of clarity regarding interests, talents, and goals; and worries about self-confidence, independence, and…

Knowledge of traumatic events and how trauma symptoms relate to social and psychological well-being continues to grow. One aspect of an individual's functioning that may be affected by exposure to traumatic events is the ability of the individual to engage in career-and work-related activities (D. H. Coursol, J. Lewis, & L. Garrity, 2001). The…

Examined 13 career subscales contained in 4 measures of career indecision to determine how different measures relate to one another and how many dimensions may exist across these different instruments using 122 college student subjects. Factor analysis yielded a 3-factor solution accounting for 55.9 percent of the variance. (Author/ABL)

Examined utility of My Vocational Situation (MVS) in identifying career decision difficulties within population of adult psychiatric patients (N=300). Found that MVS could successfully identify those patients in need of vocational training and counseling. (Author/NB)

Fuller, Blume, and Johnston describe uses of the My Vocational Situation instrument with 181 freshmen in summer orientation at the University of Missouri. Rakes explains ways the university's career center takes career information out to the campus through presentations and materials distribution. (SK)