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Development of Indigenous Basic Interest Scales: Re-Structuring the Icelandic Interest Space
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Einarsdottir, Sif; Eyjolfsdottir, Katrin Osk; Rounds, James – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2013
The present investigation used an emic approach to develop a set of Icelandic indigenous basic interest scales. An indigenous item pool that is representative of the Icelandic labor market was administered to three samples (N = 1043, 1368, and 2218) of upper secondary and higher education students in two studies. A series of item level cluster and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interest Inventories, Vocational Interests, Test Construction
People-Things and Data-Ideas: Bipolar Dimensions?
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Tay, Louis; Su, Rong; Rounds, James – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2011
We examined a longstanding assumption in vocational psychology that people-things and data-ideas are bipolar dimensions. Two minimal criteria for bipolarity were proposed and examined across 3 studies: (a) The correlation between opposite interest types should be negative; (b) after correcting for systematic responding, the correlation should be…
Descriptors: Vocational Interests, Industrial Psychology, Interest Inventories, Meta Analysis
Adherence to RIASEC Structure as a Key Career Decision Construct
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Tracey, Terence J. G. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2008
The present study examined the relation between individual cognitive structure and several key career decision variables. Specifically, in a sample of college students enrolled in a career development class, the usage of the RIASEC (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional) circumplex (adherence) was examined as…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Career Choice, Cognitive Structures, Career Development
Development and Validation of Discriminant Functions for the Strong Interest Inventory
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Dik, Bryan J.; Hansen, Jo-Ida C. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2004
This study compared the relative accuracy of (a) single Occupational Scale (OS) scores on the Strong Interest Inventory (SII) and (b) multiple-predictor scoring functions for discriminating members of nine occupations from people-in-general. The functions were constructed using discriminant function analysis with 4797 adults drawn from criterion…
Descriptors: Adults, Young Adults, Occupations, Comparative Analysis
Self-Efficacy and Interests: Relationships of Holland Themes to College Major.
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Isaacs, Jeremy J.; Borgen, Fred H.; Donnay, David A. C.; Hansen, Tara A. – 1997
The relationship between self-efficacy/interests and college major was the focus of a study. A sample of 760 midwestern college students reported their present college major on a demographic questionnaire and completed either the research version of the 1994 Strong Interest Inventory (SII) or the actual 1994 SII and the 1996 Skills Confidence…
Descriptors: College Students, Correlation, Higher Education, Interest Inventories
Specificity in Interest Measurement: Basic Interest Scales and Major Field of Study
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Ralston, Chistopher A.; Borgen, Fred H.; Rottinghaus, Patrick J.; Donnay, David A. C. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2004
The Basic Interest Scales (BISs) of the Strong Interest Inventory (SII; Harmon, Hansen, Borgen, & Hammer, 1994) have a 35-year history. The BISs are the specific content scales of the SII, as opposed to the SII general content scales, the General Occupational Themes (GOTs), which measure the six Holland (1997) RIASEC themes. Using 17,074…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), National Norms, Interest Inventories, Discriminant Analysis