Work values help to shape cognitions and motivations and are therefore essential in one's process of searching for employment and remaining employable. The present study explored the typical work values preferred by university students in Malta. Gender and faculty differences as well as gender differences within faculties were explored.…

This selective review of research and position papers focuses on some of the issues related to stereotyping and bias in the use of interest inventories, particularly regarding the effects on women clientele. (Author)

The data indicate that the influence of a brother or sister is considerably greater upon the second born than upon the first born. The magnitude of the sex of sibling effect is probably dependent upon whether a sibling is present during the first few years of life, a period during which many enduring response patterns are being acquired. The…

Based upon a multiple discriminant analysis of individual entrance examination data and upon a classification analysis of self-predictions, this study was an attempt to classify or predict major field of study at graduation for a sample of university students. University of Utah graduates of 1962 through 1966, in selected fields of study, served…

Analyzed samples of women (N=80) from five different occupations for degree of interest homogeneity. Results indicated that there may be important differences within occupations and that the similarities may be trivial and overused in occupational interest inventories. (LLL)

Profile stability of the Kuder Occupational Interest Survey was assessed for profiles obtained twelve and nineteen years apart for persons between thirteen and twenty years of age at the time of first administration. Reported reliabilities ranged from .40 to .80 for various sub-samples. (JKS)

The item content of the empirical (Occupational and Nonoccupational) schales on the Strong Vocational Interest Blank for Men was described by means of the 22 categories formed by the new Basic Interest scales. (Author)

Forty subjects (highly qualified and experienced in clinical judgment) were used to psychologically scale the extent to which SVIB scores and profiles supported an expressed vocational choice. Moderately high agreement was demonstrated across judges, although they differed considerably in the weights assigned to scores and configural patterns.…

The Strong Vocational Interest Blanks (SVIB) of 93 management students were scored using six new scales which correspond to Holland's six occupational types. (Author)

A study was conducted to determine if there are factors in the cognitive styles of disadvantaged students which are unique to that group, and if so, to explore the implications of this cognitive style for the teaching and learning process. (CT)

Concerns evaluation of the effectiveness of an adapted Self-Directed Search for blind persons. Results revealed significant differences in number and consistency of occupations under consideration, satisfaction and certainty about vocational plans, and interest in general information about self and occupations. Most SDS users rated the experience…

Undergraduates (n=108) completed the Self-Directed Search twice in 12 weeks. Higher private self-consciousness was related to more stable interest scores on the Enterprising scale, but not on the other five scales. (Contains 31 references.) (SK)