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Peer reviewedVinitsky, Michael – American Psychologist, 1973
Differences in measured interests for Psychologists were reflected in differences in their career behavior within their profession. Statistically significant shifts appeared on twelve scales of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank. Increases for the most part were on science occupations, while decreases were on adventurous pursuits, business, or…
Descriptors: Career Change, Interest Inventories, Interest Research, Interests
Peer reviewedBorgen, Fred H. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1972
The SVIB Occupational and Basic scales were compared. The Basic scales, as a predictor set, performed as well as the Occupational scales. The results support the use of the Basic scales in research and counseling and exemplify the utility of the discriminant function method for the validation of interest measures. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Interest Inventories, Interests
Construct Validation of the Strong Interest Inventory Adventure Scale among Female College Students.
Peer reviewedCronin, Christopher – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1995
Examined the relationship between the Sensation Seeking Scale (SSS) and scores on the Adventure scale of the Strong Interest Inventory (SII) among female college students (n=55). Women scoring high on the SSS scales also scored high on the Adventure scale, thereby supporting the construct validity of the SII Adventure scale. (RJM)
Descriptors: College Students, Construct Validity, Females, Higher Education
Peer reviewedMalett, Sheldon D.; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1978
Freshman males from private and public school backgrounds took the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) during freshman orientation. Subjects were retested one week later using the SVIB, and examined for posttest congruence. Results suggest that private boarding school subjects were less congruent than private day or public school graduates.…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, College Students, Interest Research, Interests
Peer reviewedDolliver, Robert H.; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1972
The present study investigated the predictive and concurrent validity of the SVIB-M with a group of college counseling center males. (Author)
Descriptors: College Graduates, Followup Studies, Graduate Students, Interest Inventories
Download full textCarmody, Constance E. – 1968
The purpose of this study was to determine if the interest of nurses in a specialty such as public health nursing could be identified through their interest pa tern on the Strong Vocational Interest Blank. The subjects were 226 public health nurses who volunteered, qualified according to the criteria, and completed the Strong Vocational Interest…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Interests, Nurses, Public Health
Peer reviewedRohlf, Richard J. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1971
Descriptors: Ability, Analysis of Variance, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure
Staats, Arthur W.; And Others – 1970
An experiement was conducted to test the hypothesis that interest inventory items would function as reinforcing stimuli in a visual discrimination task. When previously rated liked and disliked items from the Strong Vocational Interest Blank were differentially presented following one of two responses, subjects learned to respond to the stimulus…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Attitudes, Conditioning, Discrimination Learning
