Expressed vocational choices were more predictive of employment status four years after high school graduation for males than were scores on either the Vocational Preference Inventory or the Kuder Preference Record--Vocational. Predictions for males were more accurate than for females on all measures. (Author)

The relationships between the 37 pairs of same-named Occupational scales for men and women on the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory were studied for 1044 female and 1134 male college freshmen. Contrary to prior expectations, the use of the cross-sex scales reinforces sexual stereotypes. (Author)

The Vocational Card Sort (VCS) is compared with the vocational inventory and differences in tasks required and information obtained are discussed. VCS procedures and modifications are discussed as well. (Author)

A developmental orientation toward interpreting Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory profiles is described and Gestalt counseling techniques for processing SCII information are emphasized. (Author)

Performed factor and cluster analyses of the 21 Occupational Analysis Inventory-based interest scales using response data from 494 high school students. Produced six replicable scale factors and related clusters, five of which corresponded with Holland's work-related personality types. All factors were matchable with factors derived from more…

Examined differences between career counseling clients whose expressed and inventoried vocational interests were either congruent or incongruent. Subjects were 54 female undergraduates requesting career counseling at a university counseling center. Career-relevant outcomes were measured and significant differences were found. Results seem to…

This study described an explicit multidimensional scaling (MDS) model for profile data, the Profile Analysis via Multidimensional Scaling (PAMS) model. It also illustrated the application of this model to the study of the structure of cognitive ability patterns using the Woodcock-Johnson Psychoeducational Battery-Revised (WJPB-R; 1989; 1991) and…

This article shows how a client's level of aspiration and vocational interests can be measured by means of a short, reliable, and valid interest inventory. (Author)

Nearly all S's who completed Holland's Self-Directed Search (SDS) without supervision made errors which affected their final three--letter summary codes. Such errors were unrelated to: (1) extent of subjects' interest in knowing more about occupations or majors they might like; or (2) whether they felt occupations suggested by summary codes seemed…

The CPP is a set of tests and inventories designed to help students who are making career plans to use information about their measured aptitudes, inventoried interests, self-reported competencies, values, and grades. The tests and inventories were especially constructed and normed for students considering junior college and vocational-technical…

The SVIB Occupational and Basic scales were compared. The Basic scales, as a predictor set, performed as well as the Occupational scales. The results support the use of the Basic scales in research and counseling and exemplify the utility of the discriminant function method for the validation of interest measures. (Author)

The present study investigated the predictive and concurrent validity of the SVIB-M with a group of college counseling center males. (Author)