Medical specialties require decidedly different abilities, skills, and talents; which results in divergent experiences, lifestyles, skill sets, and income levels. To help medical students select their preferred medical specialty and alleviate shortages in medical specialty staffing, US medical schools and associations invest time and money in…

This study examines the relationships of vocational interests and mathematical literacy both cross-sectionally and longitudinally. Extending previous research, the results of Holland's RIASEC (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional) scale scores are compared with results from a reductionist approach using…

Data on the predictive and concurrent validity of the SVIB-M Engineer Scale were studied to demonstrate the divergent ways in which validity could be reported and interpreted. (Author)

Examined expressed-inventoried interest agreement for each type of Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory scale in a sample of female college students. Three levels of agreement were established: low, statistical, and high. Findings revealed statistical and high levels of agreement across occupations, in addition to differences in agreement level…

Found classified vocational aspirations of 467 male and 250 female Navy recruits superior to Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI). Predictions for subjects with coherent vocational aspirations were very predictive over short time interval. Hypothesized links between coherence of vocational aspirations and Identity Scale, NEO Personality Inventory…

The SVIB was administered to culturally handicapped women. The results indicted that major interest profiles were evident and predicted vocational placement significantly; however, the SVIB did not discriminate which indicated that the instrument was not a motivation index. (Author)

Reprint of an extended report available from: J. Arbuthnot, N.Y. State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 14850.

This article compared the concurrent predictive accuracy of the (SVIB) for the same subjects on three sets of scales, the SVIB-Holland scales, the Basic Interest scales, and the Occupational scales. (Author)

All published empirical studies of the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory (SCII), 1974 thru 1980, are reviewed. While only a few predictive validity studies have been completed, concurrent and construct validity studies are consistently supportive of the validity of the General Occupational Themes, Basic Interest Scales and Occupational Scales.…

Used Holland's congruency, consistency, and differentiation terms to predict job satisfaction within a single occupation. Based on the responses of 126 registered nurses, the congruence hypothesis was confirmed. Consistency and differentiation hypotheses were partially supported. The additive relationship among congruence, consistency, and…

Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory (SCII) results were studied for participants whose most relevant SCII occupational scale was a twin scale. Overall, the other-sex SCII twin scale was about as accurate a predictor as the same-sex scale. (Author)

Examined differences between career counseling clients whose expressed and inventoried vocational interests were either congruent or incongruent. Subjects were 54 female undergraduates requesting career counseling at a university counseling center. Career-relevant outcomes were measured and significant differences were found. Results seem to…

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)

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)