A predictive validation study of the Career Decision-Making System (CDM), using as criteria the stated career choices and expected postsecondary majors of high school seniors (N=164), yielded support for the instrument. (Author)

Considering vocational choice and career development in the schools, how-to suggestions and examples are offered for the appropriate use of new and needed resources to enhance career decision payoffs to individual students, teachers, and counselors. (PN)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the construct validity of the occupational themes on the Strong Campbell Interest Inventory. Male (n=199) and female (n=204) college counseling center clients were administered the SCII and the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS). The occupational themes and related descriptors were validated in…

This study investigated the relationship between vocational interest measured by the Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) and preferences of 175 undergraduates for structured or unstructured environments. Males having clear-cut preferences for structured situations had significantly higher Realistic-Conventional scores than those without…

Significant differences were found between mean scores on Occupational scales common to both forms and on mean number of B plus and A ratings on the men's and women's forms. Examined in relationship to career versus homemaker orientation, students differentiated on the basis of career orientation obtained significantly different mean numbers of B…

Analyses of the interrelationships of scales on common interest inventories and of the interest patterns of women selecting various occupations support the similarity of the structure of women's interests to the structure previously found for men. This information should be used to provide women with information about more and more diverse career…

The MVII appears to be an effective instrument for differentiating student career interests. The Study of Values was relatively unsuccessful among these students. The student's choice of a career appears to be more closely related to what he likes than to what he believes to be important or valuable. (Author)

The Self-Directed Search for educational and Vocational Planning is a self-administered, self-scored, and self-interpreted vocational counseling tool. It is inexpensive, practical, and has a high degree of scientific validity and client effectiveness. The SDS is based on Holland's theory of personality types. (Author)

To determine if parents misunderstand their offspring, study analyzed 84 children and their mothers using What I Like To Do interest inventory (Bonsall, Meyers, and Thorpe, 1954). Results support previous findings except for maternal overestimation of music interests, underestimation manual interests. Suggests future study where conflict exists to…

Provides empirical evidence regarding the nature of the interest dimensions underlying Holland's hexagon of vocational interests. Two studies are reported. Study one results provide substantial support for the theory-based dimensions. Study two results suggest that interest inventories "work" primarily because they tap activity…

Concludes that the usefulness of reading interest assessment is not impaired by the change in students' reading interests across a 36-week interval. (FL)

This study (1) provided evidence concerning the construct validity of scales based on the clusters found in a revised, professional-level form of the California Occupational Preference System Interest Inventory and (2) examined the degree of internal consistency of the 16 newly devised subscales. (Author/PN)

Compared counseled students (N=48) with noncounseled students (N=48) on the General Occupational Themes and the Academic Orientation Scale of the Strong Campbell Interest Inventory. Results indicated that students who sought personal counseling were open to the self-growth experiences offered by counseling. (RC)

Reviews problems of the elderly consumer and describes efforts to provide consumer education to rural elderly individuals through two series of one-day workshops. Evaluations indicated that consumer education can be effectively provided to rural elderly with a high degree of perceived usefulness and sharing of information. (Author/JAC)

Compared Vocational Interest Inventory and Unisex versions of ACT Interest Inventory. Sex-restrictive results occurred. Women preferred Service and Artistic areas, and men Technical, Outdoor, and Scientific areas. Biggest challenge to reducing sex bias in interest tests appears to be women's attraction to People and aversion to Things. (Author/BEF)