Female undergraduates who completed both the men's and women's forms of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank obtained a significantly greater number of high (A) scores on the men's form. (Author)

Study results suggest that the disposition of firstborns seems to be toward intellectual activities and that of the later borns toward social activities having a high degree of social participation and concern. (WY)

Study data supported the hypothesis that A-B status is explicable in personality terms: so-called A-type Ss were characterized by cautious self-expression, social ineptness, and a restricted cognitive scope; B-type Ss appeared socially ascendant and "open" to complex experiences. Also, the variables differentiating A-B statuses appeared to involve…

The use of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank with disadvantaged women showed that the Strong Interest Blank can be useful in recognizing individuality in disadvantaged women and in helping them to choose satisfying job training experiences. (Author)

A total of 156 kindergarten children were given Piagetian conservation of inequality tasks. The results indicated that number conservation is more likely with higher interest materials, with smaller aggregate sizes, with higher socioeconomic class females, and with children who perform better on addition and subtraction tasks. (DR)

The present study was undertaken to determine whether a 14-cluster occupational structure similar to Knapp's (1976) would result from factor analysis based on sex-balanced interest items. Results supported the structure found previously based on non-sex-balanced items. (Author/GK)

Describes the construction of an interest inventory for nurses and the determination of its reliability and validity. This study concentrates on only the clinical areas. Data support the hypothesis that a higher level of occupational choice satisfaction can be predicted following interest-based specialization choices. (CT)

A study was undertaken to determine the relationship between declared major of entering junior college freshmen and measured interests in terms of clustered occupational activities. A sample of 336 entering students, who had declared their major, took the California Occupational Preference System (COP System) Interest Inventory. (Author/TM)

The effect of experimental directions designed to reduce a home-career conflict in women's occupational choices on the Kuder Occupational Interest Survey was investigated. Results indicate that the validity of the Kuder survey is not compromised by the experimental directions. Tables are presented and implications are discussed. (Author/JKS)

The basic confidence scales of the Expanded Skills Confidence Inventory for 715 college students were correlated with confidence for Holland's six themes and basic interest scales of the Strong Interest Inventory. Discriminant analysis indicated that using both interest and confidence measures led to additional predictive power. (Contains 37…

Meta-analysis of 24 samples demonstrated overlap between Holland's vocational interest domains (measured by Self Directed Search, Strong Interest Inventory, and Vocational Preference Inventory) and Big Five personality factors (measured by Revised NEO Personalty Inventory). The link is stronger for five interest-personality pairs:…

Using Holland's Self-Directed Search, compares the career interests of 28 adjudicated male adolescents with a normative high school male sample. The mean Artistic score of the adjudicated adolescents was significantly higher than the normative sample. The adjudicated sample showed poor differentiation and significantly higher intercorrelations…

Examined relationship between Academic Comfort (AC) scale and other Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory scales. Findings from 223 university students revealed significant positive relationship between AC and all parts (like) and negative relationship between AC and all parts (dislike), suggesting that career clients who are comfortable in academic…

Presents brief biography of Frederic Kuder, highlighting his contributions to the counseling profession, including his interest inventories, the Kuder-Richardson formulas, and the journals he founded and edited. Discusses some of the early influences on his career. Includes Kubler bibliography. (Author/ABL)

Examines issues involved in distance career guidance. Issues involved include adequacy of guidance without face-to-face contact, what is lost or gained by noninterpersonal approaches, and in what circumstances distance guidance might be appropriate and how it is best provided. (JPS)