ERIC Number: EJ800122
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-1069-0727
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Using Accuracy of Self-Estimated Interest Type as a Sign of Career Choice Readiness in Career Assessment of Secondary Students
Hirschi, Andreas; Lage, Damian
Journal of Career Assessment, v16 n3 p310-325 2008
A frequent applied method in career assessment to elicit clients' self-concepts is asking them to predict their interest assessment results. Accuracy in estimating one's interest type is commonly taken as a sign of more self-awareness and career choice readiness. The study evaluated the empirical relation of accuracy of self-estimation to career choice readiness within a sample of 350 Swiss secondary students in seventh grade. Overall, accuracy showed only weak relations to career choice readiness. However, accurately estimating one's first interest type in a three-letter RIASEC interests code emerged as a sign of more vocational identity and total career choice readiness. Accuracy also correlated positively with interest profile consistency, differentiation, and congruence to career aspirations. Implications of the results for career counseling and assessment practice are presented. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Grade 7, Career Counseling, Counseling Psychology, Prediction, Occupational Aspiration, Career Development, Robustness (Statistics), Item Analysis, Self Esteem, Interest Inventories, Interest Research, Readiness, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 7
Audience: Counselors
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Switzerland
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