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Building Evidence of Validity: The Relation between Work Values, Interests, Personality, and Personal Values
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Leuty, Melanie E.; Hansen, Jo-Ida C. – Journal of Career Assessment, 2013
The current study used work values components (WVC) to examine the relationship between work values, vocational interests, personality, and personal values. Most intercorrelations between work values and other constructs were in the small effect range. Overall correlations between scale scores provided evidence of convergent and discriminant…
Descriptors: Values, Vocational Interests, Personality, Validity
Analyzing the Relationship of Strengths to Personality Preferences and Vocational Interests Utilizing Clifton StrengthsFinder, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and Strong Interest Inventory
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Schenck, Paulette M. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Throughout the history of vocational psychology, career counselors have constantly searched for, devised, and implemented practices and techniques to best prepare clients for the world of work. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between strengths to personality preference and vocational interests utilizing the Myers-Briggs…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Graduate Students, Vocational Interests, Interest Inventories
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
The Ability of Career Maturity Indicators to Predict Interest Score Differentiation, Consistency, and Elevation.
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Miner, Claire Usher; Osborne, W. Larry; Jaeger, Richard M. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1997
Uses regression analysis on career development measures to examine whether career maturity indicators are predictive of interest consistency, differentiation, and score elevation. Results indicate that interest consistency and score elevation were weakly predicted by the measure; no relationship existed between the attitudinal and cognitive…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Planning, College Students, Higher Education
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
Validity of the Strong Interest Inventory: Gender and Personal Styles.
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Lindley, Lori D.; Borgen, Fred H. – 1997
The gender validity of the Strong Interest Inventory's Personal Style Scales (Work Style, Learning Environment, Leadership Style, and Risk Taking/Adventure) was examined through a study of 458 female and 282 male college students at Iowa State University. The students completed the Personal Style Scales and the Adjective Check List (ACL), which is…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Education, College Students, Comparative Analysis