Assessed female (N=57) and male (N=51) eighth- and ninth-grade college-bound students to determine relationships between their self-efficacy, interest, and consideration of 10 traditionally male and female occupations. Interests were a consideration for traditional occupations and interest was a function of sex differences. Revealed sex…

Four diverse groups of women (members of the university women's caucus, a sample of undergraduates, a group of secretarial and clerical women, and a nonworking group) agreed on the prestige accorded to different occupations. The same groups showed clear differences when asked whether the occupations were appropriate for women. (Author/EAK)

Examined student (N=188) responses to measures of Expectancy and Valence to six male- and six female-dominated careers. Found that Expectancy X Valence interaction for occupation accounted for variance in choosing occupation; gender differences were marked and consistent across expectancy, valence, and likelihood of choosing occupation, varying…

The degree of overlap between scores on male-normed and female-normed scales for Kuder Occupational Interest Survey criterion groups was studied. Results provide clues to sex-typical and sex-atypical interests of these groups. (Author)

Explored the relationships between network variables and level of self-valuing within a group of women who demonstrated interest in careers traditionally associated with males. The major focus was on the differential importance of male-referenced versus female-referenced variables in predicting level of self-regard within such a group. (Author/PAS)

Results indicated that women anticipated they would feel more comfortable with counselors who facilitated nontraditional career exploration than did men. Women evaluated traditional and nontraditional clients similarly. Men evaluated the traditional client more favorably regarding academic achievement. (Author/BEF)

Male (N=120) and female (N=120) clients were counseled by male or female counselor classified as masculine, feminine, or androgynous in sex-role orientation. Clients' career choice traditionality was measured during counseling, following counseling, and with respect to clients' career six months later. Counselor gender and gender-role orientation…

Subjects, (N=134) female and (N=101) male undergraduates, were asked to indicate their perceptions of their capabilities to successfully complete the educational requirements and job duties of each of 10 traditionally female and 10 traditionally male occupations. Results indicated sex differences in self-efficacy with regard to traditional versus…

Even though subjects clearly regarded nontraditional occupational choices as less appropriate than traditional choices, this bias did not affect their ratings of, or their willingness to work with, the counselor. Results are discussed in terms of implications for sex-fair counseling for males and females. (Author)

Examined reasons underlying the reported sex differences in structural features of vocational schemas. Controlled for type of rated occupation in determining structural features, and for individual career orientation. Found only gender had a significant impact on structural features. Women showed higher levels of vocational integration, and men…

Examined utility of gender, traditionality of choice, and gender role identification as moderators of interest-field congruence and ability-level realism of academic major and occupational preferences in college students (N=592). Found traditionality of choice and gender role unrelated to interest-field congruence. (Author/NB)

This study tested R. W. Lent, S. D. Brown, and G. Hackett's (1994) model of career choice with 364 Mexican American adolescent women. Path analyses were run to determine the influence of contextual and social cognitive variables on career aspiration, career choice prestige, and traditionality. Partial support for the model was evidenced as…

Studied attitudes of 210 Navajo seventh graders toward nontraditional occupations. Participants expressed less negative attitudes than expected. Significant effects were found for both school setting and the interaction of setting and occupational sex type. Suggests that limited contacts may have contributed to less awareness of the sex types…

Conducted a follow-up study of (N=391) women six years after they entered college. Results found their attitudes toward women's roles were liberal; since high school, they had considered an average of nine occupations, with traditional choices continuing in popularity but being joined by more nontraditonal choices. (Author)

The influence of ability, self-efficacy, positivity of role-modeling, and role conflict on higher-level career aspirations was investigated among women majoring in (1) mathematics, physical science, engineering; and (2) biological sciences. Differences between the two groups fit the model. Findings suggest interventions to increase women's…