The predictive validities of various SVIB academic interest scales were assessed with first semester freshman males at the University of Massachusetts. Both the Rust and Ryan and the Campbell and Johansson scales contributed significantly, albeit modestly, to a multiple correlation coefficient consisting of high school rank and scholastic aptitude…

This is a report of the development of a system of scoring the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) for Men. The scales which were developed supplement the occupational scales. Their main concern is identifying important clusters of interest which can be generalized beyond a single occupation. Development of the scales was based on an item…

The development of an instrument to assess the reading interests of individual children is described. The instrument devised consists of 36 illustrations judged to involved 12 themes. It was assumed that a student's selection of certain preferred illustrations would be an expression of his identification with the major thematic content of the…

Published and unpublished research with the Vocational Interest Inventory based on Anne Roe's interest scheme supported separating the General Cultural area out of the RIASEC framework. It emerged as a distinct fusion of certain verbal-artistic and social tendencies. (Author)

To find evidence of generalizability of four interest factors established for tests within the Roe-Holland framework, factor scores derived from a Vocational Interest Inventory grounded in Roe's system were correlated with Strong-Campbell Occupational scale scores. For this sample of 300 counseling clients, a majority of the hypothesized relations…

A simple interest inventory that learning disabled students can answer either in writing or orally is presented and remedial instructors are encouraged to use information gained from such inventories to help motivate learning. (DB)

The development of an inventory for the assessment of children's attitudes toward physical activity is summarized, and a shorter, psychometrically superior inventory is presented. An inventory especially developed for the third grade is introduced. Instructions and norms for the inventories are provided. (Author/MT)

Parents and teachers of 29 trainable mentally handicapped adolescent students specified the students' vocational interests. Comparison of vocational interest inventories with parent and teacher perceptions indicated little correspondence with somewhat greater correspondance between parent and teacher perceptions. Direct assessment of job…

SVIB scores were available on samples of artists, farmers, ministers, physicists, real estate men and newsmen. A typological analysis applied separately to the 14 SVIB interest scores recovered all six groups when total scores were used, but only five groups when items responses were used as descriptors. (Author)

An analysis of the vocational preferences of policement and recruits indicated they have militaristic, mechanical, and risky types of interests. (Author)

Briefly documents psychometric and clinical deficiencies of the Geist Picture Interest Inventory: Deaf Form: Male as reason to develop new instruments. (AG)

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)

Consideration is given to technical information, the Basic Interest Scales, new occupational scale reference groups, scale development and validations, and illustrative scale, and other factors. Because SVIB's are more complex and involve uncertainties, they need to be approached with caution. (Author)