Reviews test manuals to demonstrate to counselors the extent of the problem of unevenly developed preferences between the sexes for different activities. To show the outcome of these discrepant interests, labor market statistics on occupational choice are presented. (Author)

Analyses of interscale relations in 235 college students for the Vocational Preference Inventory and Vocational Interest Inventory, based on interest models of Holland and Roe respectively, suggest that the two-dimensional, circular configuration of occupations of personality types may be an oversimplification which impedes the understanding of…

College graduates who were community college transfers differed from other graduates in perceived neglect by the university and in future plans. Fewer were going to graduate school, more were going to work in non-career-related jobs, and more were in social science and education. (Author)

Vocational indecision was defined as being both a college upperclass student and having no major. In a sample of 1622 students in college for three years, 24 percent "no majors" were found and compared with majors using pre-college measures of achievement, aptitude, and interest. Measures of interest differentiation were of particular concern. No…

The convergent and divergent construct validity of the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory and the Vocational Interest Inventory was examined separately in samples of male and female college counselees. The validity of the SCII General Themes was strongly supported while minor weaknesses in certain Basic Interest and Occupational scales were…

Correlations between occupational scales common to both forms of the old Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) with "masculinity" of interests were studied in a sample of 116 female counseling clients. Differences in mean scores for scales on both SVIB forms were highly related to the masculinity of interests of the people in those…

Formulae for discriminant functions were developed to permit future student users of the Washington Pre-College test battery to determine their similarity to successful University students graduating in 6 major areas - humanities, physical science, social science, business, biological science, and engineering. The sample studied consisted on 1,392…

Tested the hypothesis of greater reliance on the intuitive style by females and on the planning style by males in making career decisions. There were no sex differences in these high school and college samples for stage or style of decision making, vocational self-concept crystallization, or self-rated vocational decisiveness. (Author/BEF)

Includes "Revisiting Roe: Comments on Brown, Lum and Voyle (1997)" (Davis); "Putting Roe in Perspective" (Lunneborg); "Roe Revisited: Why?" (Osipow); and "Without Roe" (Brown, Voyle). (SK)

In a sample of 1622 students in college for three years, 24 percent indecisive students were found and compared with vocationally decisive students (having majors) using precollege measures of achievement, aptitude, and interest. Measures of interest differentiation were of particular concern. Most important to vocational indecision, however, was…

Discriminant function analyses involving two vocational interest inventories to differentiate majors of college graduates supported the definition of three dimensions: Business Contract vs. Science, Business Detail vs. Arts, and Service vs. Technical. The implementation of such a three-dimensional scheme for counseling high school students is…

This study compared 127 vocationally undecided college graduates matched by sex, age, and college major with graduates selecting occupations on a Survey of Graduating Seniors. Undecideds had lower grade point averages, fewer career plans, less graduate school attendance, and less satisfaction with university experiences. Suggestions for countering…

Changes in college students' career aspirations and attitudes were examined to ascertain student ideas for new directions in career counseling services. Subjects were 130 female and 66 male first-year students who completed a Role Modeling in College Survey during Fall 1979. The women were found to be as career-committed as the men, while…

Examined the career aspirations and attitudes of 103 women and 66 men who were first-year college students. Results revealed that women are as career-committed and certain as men and, at the same time, are shifting toward nontraditional majors and careers. Presents suggestions for expanding traditional counseling activities. (Author)

Presents study results comparing psychology graduates with graduates in other areas. Includes comparisons of high school interests, grades, and achievement measures. Concludes that psychology graduates exhibited vocational interests in artistic, general cultural, scientific, and service areas. Reports that psychology majors had similar interests…