Explored the effectiveness of a counseling intervention for disadvantaged adults (N=20). Results indicated that the Adkins Life Skills Program increased clients' vocational maturity, and they became more involved in their own career development. Reading ability influenced scores. (JAC)

Describes vocational maturity and assists counselors in identifying what the various career maturity instruments measure. Discusses task variable measures, intervening variable measures, response variable measures, and methods of choosing an instrument. (JAC)

Scales of the Career Development Inventory correlated significantly with certainty of career goals for college students but not with the incorporation score. (Author)

This article describes a model for updating and midcareer development and change. The model consists of motivation and work environment variables. (Author)

Children's occupational knowledge appears to be related more to direct contact with workers and to reading achievement than to children's IQ or socioeconomic status of their parents. (Author)

Findings show that more vocationally mature students are more realistic and have more highly integrated data in making career-related decisions than less vocationally mature students. The level and type of career decision-making skills and career-related preferences are important factors in career decision making. (Author/BEF)

Describes the Career Development Inventory, Form III, which provides data on its content, reliability, factor structure, and validity. Uses of the CDI in evaluation studies, in surveys for planning career education, and in individual and group counseling are discussed. (Author)

This study found that career maturity attitudes are positively associated with parental behavior conducive to psychological well-being, and are negatively associated with parental behavior tending to produce psychological maladjustment. (Author)

Compared with men, women were found to be vocationally more mature and their intrinsic work values were more related to vocational maturity. (Author)

This paper describes the Career-Planning component of a college course in personnel management. The project includes a written resume and the student's career schedule. Areas covered are needs assessment, possible careers, long and short range plans, and the student's assessment of personal strengths. (NG)

This article discribes a career program developed for junior high school students in a Colorado school district. (Author)

A further understanding of the relationship between self-concept, race, or sex and career maturity was sought. The results indicated that self-concept seems to have differential impact on career maturity, depending on the race and sex of the participant. (Author)

Compared the effectiveness of a computer assisted guidance program (DISCOVER), a small group guidance intervention (Vocational Exploration Group), and a combined approach on career maturity and decidedness in 120 high school students. All three interventions were significantly helpful to students. (JAC)

An acceptable level of vocational maturity is shown to be an achievable goal two years after implementing a career development program through the curriculum. (Author)

Examined the relationships between Puerto Rican, Black, and Anglo adolescent children's career aspirations, expectations, and maturity and their parents' career values and career aspirations for them. Results suggest that career behavior differentially affects adolescent children's career development and that parent-child interaction may be…