Which dimensions are most accurately judged by workers with disabilities across various occupations? Which occupations are most accurately judged across the various dimensions? Students in a rehabilitation program (n=60) were reasonably accurate on all dimensions except opportunity. Functional cognition is discussed in terms of prior interest or…

Presents data from the National Education Longitudinal Study on participants who attended postsecondary institution within two years of high school and had chosen a field of study. Educational choices had a three-way Gender x SES x Race-Ethnicity interaction. Race-ethnicity effects were strongest for men at lower SES levels and weakest for women…

Examines relationships between part-time work and two components of career development (work values and career indecision) in 483 high school students. Results indicate that part-time work did not affect career indecision. The decision of whether to work seemed unrelated to the preexisting career development status. (RJM)

Reviews the literature on vocational interests. Ten themes about vocational interests are discussed: development, correlates, measurement, homogeneity and differentiation, career choice, sex differences, stability, structure, career counseling, and cultural influences. Claims these themes are similar to major issues discussed by Strong in his…

Presents a study exploring whether perceived control moderates the relation between coping with career indecision and choice anxiety among women in low-level jobs. Results revealed that perceived control interacted with problem-focused coping to increase accountable variance in choice anxiety. Discusses implications for interventions with women in…

Examines the relative contributions of both proximal and distal supports to the career interests and vocational self-efficacy in a sample of middle school adolescents. Findings reveal that vocational self-efficacy and career exploration efficacy consistently predicted young adolescents' career interests across Holland themes, and perceived parent…

Based on a path analytic model, examines how chronic career indecision may develop as a result of growing up in an alcohol-related dysfunctional family. Concludes that, to improve the effectiveness of career counseling, more attention must be paid to differential diagnosis and appropriate intervention plans for clients. (ABL)

Surveyed 119 undergraduate reentry women to determine whether subjects would see issues relevant to career choice and development differently based on whether they had children or not and whether they were married, separated, or divorced. Results revealed that majority of respondents perceived changing jobs and obtaining employment as primary…

Presents case of Rachel, 28-year-old art education major who sought help at the university counseling center because she had a lack of interest in completing her major course work and thought that she might be pursuing the wrong profession. Includes reproduction of Strong Interest Inventory Profile. (NB)

Responds to previous article which presented case of Rachel, 28-year-old art education major who sought career counseling at the university counseling center. Explores how Strong Vocational Interest Inventory profile can be used to generate hypotheses about client's career conflict, how career counseling might progress, and potential issues to…

Examined how career certainty, grade level, and gender relate to short-term changes in work values (Human-Personal, Non-Work, Power-Control, Money-Security) among junior high and high school students (n=496). Findings suggest that, during adolescence, higher career certainty reflects greater engagement in vocational identity search and more active…

Reviews 1990 literature on career development and counseling. Discusses emphasis on career counseling approaches and interventions, and on general theme of "work within a life." Topics found in literature include race, sex, and multiple role issues, selected career choice issues and indecision, coping on the job, and job change and unemployment.…

Discusses children's career aspirations from viewpoints of literature on children's career notions and psychological impact of nuclear threat on young. Presents terminologies of two-stage theories of career development as conceptual link between these disparate areas of inquiry. Suggests nuclear threat literature reveals pertinent variables for…

Compared Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional (RIASEC) college major codes derived from surveying students enrolled in 28 majors, judgments of subject matter and counseling experts, and workers employed in jobs related to majors. Highest degree of agreement was 96% between student Career Decision-Making codes…

Examines nature of career problems, drawing out common features that pervade any particular instance. On basis of commonality, proposes common standard for career counseling theory, research, and practice. Notes that significance of identifying common standard is that field is so diverse in theory and practice that there appears to be little basis…