Item responses for the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) were contrasted for a group of introverts and extraverts. A scale was constructed for the SVIB to measure a dimension of occupational introversion extraversion (OIE). Test retest reliability of the OIE was ofthe same magnitude as the other SVIB scales. Occupations were then ranked on…

Factors were rotated to simple structure by the Kaiser Varimax procedure. Seven factors resulted, accounting for 83.5 percent of the total variance. The factors were defined by SVIB variables which had high loadings and high intercorrelations. Previous groupings into occupational families were challenged. A recommended regrouping of SVIB variables…

The Personality Research Form (PRF) and the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) were administered to 212 males. An analysis yielded seven interpretable factors. Factors were associated with orientations toward achievement-related goals, human relations management, impulse expression, practical goals, managerial control, aesthetic-intellectual…

Scales of extensiveness and effectiveness were developed from a questionnaire administered immediately before graduation. Neither extensiveness nor effectiveness of reported vocational exploratory behavior were found to be significantly related to the level of final interest crystallization. (Author)

The study was an attempt to reduce home career conflict experimentally by providing a measure of social sanction for professionally demanding career roles, and to measure the effect of this reduction on home and career interests. Results indicate that regardless of marital status, vocational interest can be raised. Implications for counseling are…

Seventy six college students rated each of 100 occupations either high or low with respect to their interest and ability in each one. Pairings for specific occupations were presented to each subject in a forced choice format. Self rated interest was found to be significantly more important than self rated ability in choosing between two…

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This investigation subjected Super's postulated self-concept--vocational preference relationship to empirical test. Individuals perceived a greater degree of congruence between themselves and most-preferred occupational member concepts than between themselves and least-preferred occupational member concepts. (Author)

Study of accuracy in estimating scores on the Kuder, Edwards Personal Preference Schedule, and the Strong Vocational Interest Blank when scales were, and were not, categorized by levels of vocational relevance, indicates that relationships between scores increase as a function of vocational relevance. Discusses implications in terms of outcome…

Describes new univariate vocational maturity (VM) scaling, and relates the VM scales, sex, socioeconomic status, and I.Q. to set of career-tree-structure variable (by MANOVA technique) observed at two year intervals over nine year period. (Author/CJ)

Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) and other instruments administered to 365 students, both undecided and in various interest fields, revealed several differences in cognitive style. No differences regarding cognitive style variations and VPI high-point codes or ease of vocational selection were observed. (Author/CJ)

Two hundred seventy subjects were randomly assigned to seven treatments within each of two schools in different socioeconomic neighborhoods. Findings: (1) experimental treatments were more effective; (2) active participation generated more interest in banking occupations; (3) a precise decision favoring overt over covert responding in the active…

A panel of counselors judged accounting-relevant categories on the Strong Vocational Interest Blank. This grouping was found to differentiate accounting graduates and nongraduates. Possible relevant factors are considered. (Author)