Two hypotheses were tested: (1) Vocational maturity is positively related to differentiation of work values within subjects. (2) Vocational maturity is positively associated with intrinsic work values and negatively associated with extrinsic work values. Data analyses supported hypothesis 1 for females, but not for males, and partially supported…

This study explored the differences in vocational maturity, academic aptitude, and achievement variables among female sorority students who made congruent, incongruent, and undecided occupational choices. The findings suggest that students in the congruent female group tend to be more vocationally mature. (Author)

Examines several dimensions of job choices in children of four age groups (early and late preschool, second and fourth grade). Findings showed that older children were more selective in personal job choice, especially in regard to jobs attributed to the opposite sex. (Author)

Curriculum choices of 324 male and 157 female liberal arts students who took the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory (SCII) during freshman orientation were classified as congruent or incongruent on the basis of rated correspondence between three-letter codes derived from (SCII) Holland theme scales and expressed curricular choice. (Author)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the usefulness of the Career Maturity Inventory (CMI) as a measure of vocational maturity. The findings indicate that scores on the CMI incrementally increase by grade level. However, the rate and level of this increase is influenced by sex, school, and curriculum effects. (Author)

The effects of a career group experience on the vocational maturity of theoretically grouped college freshmen and sophomores were investigated using Super's Career Development Inventory as the dependent measure. Results indicated that students significantly increased their vocational maturity as a result of the group experience. (Author)

This study investigated differences in vocational attitude maturity and self-concept among Holland's six vocational categories. There were significant differences in vocational attitude maturity and self-concept among students in the six vocational categories. There was a significant relationship between vocational attitude maturity and…

Studies the application of the monotonic criterion, i.e., career development proceeds in a continuous pattern. Systematic increases in scores on the Career Development Inventory are shown by high school students, but not by college students. Findings and related theory support discontinuity of career development process after high school. (DOW)

This study sought to analyze the relationship between scores obtained from the Career Maturity Inventory (CMI) and the Occupational Plans Questionnaire (OPQ). The sample consisted of 169 eleventh-grade students. Only limited correlation was found between students' career maturity and occupational plans scores. (Author)

The occupational cylinder demonstrates the hierarchical arrangement of the occupational levels and the circular configuration of occupational fields. In this study, contribution of the cylinder to the vocational maturity of 11th and 12th graders was investigated. The study implies that an understanding of the occupational structure enhances…

This study was designed to assess the effects of a career education program on students' career maturity as measured by the Career Maturity Inventory (CMI). Results indicate that the career education program had a positive effect in increasing students' levels of career maturity. (Author)

Subjects who value such job characteristics as "getting a felling of accomplishment, fair company policies, trying out their own ideas, doing work without feeling it is morally wrong, making their own decisions, (and) planning work with little supervision" tend to have higher aspirations and expectations, but lower goal deflection. (Author)

The Vocational Rating Scale (VRS) is a 40-item self-rating scale which attempts to directly assess the individual's awareness of the degree and nature of patterns in his or her specific vocational self-concepts. Scores on the VRS are related to the degree of certainty regarding overall self perception. (Author)

The present study was designed to assess effects of career education on career maturity and consider sex differences. The career education program again, as in 1975, had a positive effect in increasing students' levels of career maturity. Sex differences were observed on subscores of the Career Maturity Inventory (CMI). (Author)

A longitudinal study of the maturing of 68 professional and managerial men provided adolescent and adult test, questionnaire, and interview data about their personalities and competence that were predictive of their vocational adaptation. (Author)