This study has provided interest inventory scales for use in vocational counseling of non-college women. Two questions were investigated: (1) Do women who enter different occupations at this level have different patterns of interest, and (2) What are these patterns of interest? The Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) women's form, and a…

This extension of an earlier study investigated the hypothesis that occupational choices follow orderly or lawful patterns and can be predicted from initial choices. By applying Holland's scheme of classification to students' successive occupational choices, the authors learned that the classification provides a practical definition of…

This study compared the arrays of high interest occupations produced by the Strong Vocational Interest Blank, T-399 and the Kuder Occupational Interest Survey, Form DD when the instruments were administered to the same Subjects. Holland type Summary Codes were devised from the arrays of occupations and were analyzed by correlated t tests and…

The Bullen Reading Attitude Measure (BRAM) is an instrument that was developed to serve as a diagnostic aid in assessing reading attitudes of elementary school children in grades one through six. The objectives of the test are to measure the subject's attitude toward reading at home or school, visiting the library, owning and buying books,…

This set of materials intended for use in the development of programs in leisure services and a vocational counseling contains information about a Leisure Counseling Media Kit, with directions for ordering a slide-tape program. Order forms and additional information about leisure counseling supplies are also included. A brief pamphlet describes…

This purpose of this paper was to evaluate the effectiveness of interest inventories in counseling female clients. A total of eight basic questions were considered, such as: (1) are interest inventories too dependent on particular criterion groups to be of much value in counseling? (2) what factors are associated with a change in measured…

In 1970 an exploratory study was conducted with the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) as a tool for recruiting officer candidates in high schools. Of the 460 students tested, the 96 who scored high on the Navy officer keys for the SVIB were contacted and encouraged to apply to the Naval Academy. Motivation toward a Navy career was rated on a…

High ability men, who were winners of National Merit Scholarships in 1966, were used to study the capacity of precollege Strong Vocational Interest Blanks (SVIB) to predict major and career choices at the end of college. Criterion groups contained 1,031 men in 16 major fields and 780 men planning to enter 10 career fields. SVIB Occupational and…

As part of a program to evaluate noncognitive tests for use in identifying enlisted men most likely to remain in the Navy, the Navy Vocational Interest Inventory (NVII) was analyzed for its ability to predict career motivation. The NVII was administered experimentally to incoming students at seven "A" schools varying widely in…

Results showed strong empirical support for the model in that most subjects were working in environments congruent with their personality types. However, there was a lack of empirical support for the proposed relatedness among the environments in the model with regard to person-environment congruence. (Author)

Investigated occupational level differences among men and women employed in Enterprising environments using the Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) and the Self Directed Search (SDS). All workers (N=84) were employed in Enterprising environments. Findings showed high occupational level workers tend to be more differentiated and more masculine…

Changing from the SVIB to the SCII increased the probability of machine-scoring errors. This study examined the accuracy and consistency of SCII profile scores for three commercial scoring agencies. Results indicated improved performance compared with previous studies and suggested that scoring errors should be minimal for the SCII. (Author)

Examined the criterion-related validity of the American College Testing Program Interest Inventory (ACT-UNIACT) which yields both Holland type High Point Codes and World of Work Map (WWM) placements. Used scores of college seniors (N=854) in analyses which measured the match between their UNIACT assignment and their college major. (Author/ABB)

The data available suggest that at least some interest inventories, developed on White United States normative samples, are sufficiently valid for international and cross-ethnic use and that the world of work is organized around a structure that is similar to Holland's hypothesized hexagon and reasonably invariant across cultures. (Author)

A sample of second-year comprehensive school pupils drawn in equal numbers from high and low academic ability forms, and differentiated on the basis of their performance on the AH2 Test of Intelligence, were given the Rothwell-Miller Interest Blank Test. Among both sexes in the high ability group the medical category was the most preferred area.…