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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
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Long, Lirong; Watanabe, Naotaka; Tracey, Terence J. G. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2006
Japanese college students (N = 2,492) completed the translated Personal Globe Inventory (PGI: T. J. G. Tracey, 2002b) Occupational Title scales, and the structural validity of vocational interests was examined. Support was provided for the RIASEC (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, Conventional), octant, and spherical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Interests, College Students, Measures (Individuals)
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Sabourin, Stephane; Coallier, Jean-Claude – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1991
Correlational analyses of data from 185 college students showed that vocational certainty and career indecision were significantly related to self-deception and impression management. More likely individuals were to distort information about self and to deny psychologically threatening thoughts, more likely they were to report high levels of…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Decision Making, Foreign Countries
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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