Tested whether scores on the Self Directed Search relate to career development needs in a study of 138 college students. Findings showed the scores related differentially in ways predicted by Holland (1973) and supported probing whether college students earning low investigative scores were behind in their career development. (JAC)

Used a modified multitrait-multimethod matrix approach to examine the construct validity of the Career Decision Scale for 175 male college students. The results of the investigation provided evidence supporting the construct validity of the Career Decision Scale. (Author/JAC)

An investigation of the relationships and underlying constructs between expressed and inventoried interests across the occupational classification scheme of Holland, Roe and Strong was undertaken. The canonical factor structures that were calculated indicated two similar bipolar structures underlying the occupational schema studied. (Author)

Based upon the item analysis, reliability, and factorial validity results of this study, there is reason to question the applicability of the Career Maturity Inventory (CMI) Attitude Scale to a college population. In particular, students with self-expressed and measured levels of vocational maturity significantly differ from the norming…

Examined a recently developed Scale of Vocational Identity in relation to selected personality variables from the California Psychological Inventory, and preference for interest inventory feedback modes involving varying levels of counselor contact. (RC)

Only the College Major Questionnaire distinguished between women who had different career plans. Women planning to pursue graduate or law school were more intuitive. Women planning to practice nursing were more analytic. The measures discriminated among women at different years in school. (Author)