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Download full textSavickas, Mark L. – 1984
Westbrook (1983) challenged the validity of the construct "career maturity" because measures such as the Career Maturity Inventory Attitude Scale (Crites, 1973) correlate to measures of mental ability. Rather than interpreting this association as evincing lack of discriminant validity, the association should be interpreted as supporting…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Career Development, Cognitive Ability, Intelligence
PDF pending restorationJohnson, John A.; Cheek, Jonathan M. – 1984
While Holland's (1973) theory of personality types and vocational identity is widely used, the theory does not specify the developmental antecedents of the six personality types. To examine the relationship between membership in adolescent social cliques and vocational identity in early adulthood, four groups of college students (N=192)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Development, Occupational Aspiration, Peer Groups
Peer reviewedLow, Jean M.; And Others – Youth and Society, 1989
Describes two studies of the factors that influence unmarried pregnant adolescents to choose adoption rather than parenthood. Study One examines the effect of perceived parental preference and vocational goals. Study Two examines the effect of perceived parental preference and attained vocational identity status. (FMW)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adoption, Career Choice, Career Planning
Roessler, Richard; Bolton, Brian – 1987
The Employability Maturity Interview (EMI) is a 10-item structured interview developed to assess readiness for the vocational rehabilitation planning process and the need for additional vocational exploration and employability services. The items deal with occupational choice, self-appraisal of abilities, self-appraisal of personality…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Development, Diagnostic Tests, Disabilities
Harrington, Thomas F.; O'Shea, Arthur – 1983
This study, conducted in the Fall of 1981, furnishes statistical data on the vocational self concepts of 12,575 students in grades 7-13. The sample was drawn from all United States regions, controlled for school district size and socioeconomic status, matching the census and Department of Education and National Center for Education Statistics…
Descriptors: Adolescents, College Freshmen, Community Size, Developmental Stages
Evans, Robert, Jr. – 1986
This analysis originally prepared for the Japan Study Meeting, held November 1985, compares high school graduates in the United States and Japan who will not attend college, and includes directions of vocational training in both countries. Vocational training in the United States involves five areas: secondary schools, post-secondary schools,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High Schools, Job Skills, Job Training
Thomas, Stephen W. – 1986
This book is a step-by-step guide to the logical writing of meaningful and practical vocationally oriented reports. The book contains an introduction and 12 additional chapters. The introduction defines vocational evaluation reports and discusses the skill, art, and science of meaningful report writing. The 12 chapters cover the following topics:…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Postsecondary Education, Recordkeeping, Records (Forms)
