Vocational interests of a hospital affiliated outpatient sample with epilepsy (N=71) were examined using the Strong Campbell Interest Inventory. Ss were categorized to examine effects of severity of seizure type, age of seizure onset, and sex. As a group, vocational interest scores on the General Occupational Theme Scales were not greatly…

The Occupational Schedule (OASIS-IS) was administered to 117 visually handicapped eighth to twelfth graders. As a group they showed positive though relatively undifferentiated occupational interests. Compared to normally sighted peers, Ss showed a preference for repetitive factory work. Findings suggested a broader outlook for occupational choices…

The study concludes that the best way to avoid sexual bias in the SVIB is to design one form of the inventory that controls for sex differences. (Author)

This study was designed to determine and compare the vocational needs of junior and senior male and female teacher education students at Stout State University. It investigated 21 hypotheses as measured by the Minnesota Importance Questionnaire using a sample of 94 students. The variables on the questionnaire were recast in the form of null…

Although several interest differences did occur between the samples, overall the samples exhibited more similar than dissimilar interest patterns. Female students possessed slightly more nonpeople" interests than did male students; both groups decreased in their preferences for science-related items over the test-retest period. (Author)

The Self Directed Search-Easy and a version back translated from Spanish to English were completed by 145 undergraduates. Back-translation scale scores were a significantly better fit for Holland's model. The model fit the scores of men better than women. (SK)

Multiple structural analyses of Strong Interest Inventory General Occupational Themes (GOT) matrices for seven men and seven women indicated GOT correspondence with Holland's circular order and circumplex models. Results suggested that these models are no more or less accurate for men than for women. (SK)

Multidimensional scaling was applied to Women-in-General (n=300) and Men-in-General (n=300) samples of the Strong Interest Inventory. Participants were matched on occupational title, obtaining two-dimensional solutions that demonstrated gender differences in the underlying structure of vocational interests. (SK)

Self-Directed Search and NEO Personality Inventory were completed by 102 female and 91 male students. For females, overlap in the two scales was represented by a Nonpersonal-Interpersonal Orientation dimension and Closedness-Openness dimension. For males, dimensions were Closedness-Openness and Introversion-Extraversion. Results were consistent…

The relationship between the personal style scales of the Strong Interest Inventory and the Big Five model of personality was investigated with 740 undergraduates and a cross-validation sample of 321. No significant gender differences were observed. Personal style scales indicating living and working preferences were correlated with personality…

Vocational interest data for affluent junior high students are examined and compared with like data from inner-city disadvantaged students. (Author)

The purpose of this study was to compare college students' perceptions of the similarity of occupations with the groupings suggested by Roe (1956). Subjects were 90 male and 99 female university freshmen. The data provide only partial support for Roe's postulated structure. (Author)

The revision of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB), the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory (SCII), introduces Holland's theory of occupational types into the empirical structure of the SVIB. Emphasis on Holland's theory is evident throughout the SCII profile. Empirical coding of occupations was accomplished by: (1) scoring each of the…

The article reviews the dominant conceptual schemes used to study occupational choice, considers potentially female-specific variables, and provides a typology for the analysis of women's marital-familial statuses and work modes. (Author)

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…