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Birth Cohort Change in the Vocational Interests of Female and Male College Students
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Bubany, Shawn T.; Hansen, Jo-Ida C. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2011
The purpose of this research was to investigate the extent to which vocational interests have changed across birth cohorts of college students to better understand how socio-cultural factors may have an impact on career development. Using meta-analytic data collection methods, dissertations and journal articles presenting interests scores…
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Students, Vocational Interests, Social Influences
Adherence to RIASEC Structure as a Key Career Decision Construct
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Tracey, Terence J. G. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2008
The present study examined the relation between individual cognitive structure and several key career decision variables. Specifically, in a sample of college students enrolled in a career development class, the usage of the RIASEC (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional) circumplex (adherence) was examined as…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Career Choice, Cognitive Structures, Career Development
The Effects of Interventions on Career Progress.
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Barnes, James A.; Herr, Edwin L. – Journal of Career Development, 1998
Of three groups of college students, 45 students were given career counseling only; 37 received counseling and the Strong Interest Inventory (SII); and 28 received counseling and used the DISCOVER computer guidance system. All three groups increased certainty about career and academic goals. Use of SII or DISCOVER had no significant effects. (SK)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Planning, College Students
Validity of the 1994 Strong Interest Inventory with Racial and Ethnic Groups in the United States.
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Lattimore, Ronke R.; Borgen, Fred H. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1999
To address the issue of the Strong Interest Inventory's (SII) cross-cultural relevance, SII developers collected race and ethnicity data from their participants during the development of the 1994 SII. This study examines whether the outcome of the 1994 SII is comparable for different racial/ethnic groups in the United States. Trends and important…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Counseling Psychology, Ethnic Groups
Career Development, Assessment and Counseling: Applications of the Donald E. Super C-DAC Approach.
Osborne, W. Larry; And Others – 1997
Career counseling is central to the counseling profession. The Career Development, Assessment, and Counseling (C-DAC) approach to career counseling, which facilitates the career development of people throughout their lives, has received wide attention; an analysis of the theory and research from which this model was derived are examined here. The…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Career Choice, Career Counseling
Effects of Strong Interest Inventory Feedback on Career Beliefs.
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Day, Michael Andrew; Luzzo, Darrell Anthony – 1997
A study evaluated the effects of Strong Interest Inventory (SII) completion and participation in a theoretically based model of SII feedback/interpretation on the social cognitive career beliefs of 99 first-year students at a southwestern university. The Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale--Short Form (CDMSES-SF) measured each participant's…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Beliefs, Career Choice, Career Counseling