The Unisex Edition of the ACT Interest Inventory is intended for people in early stages of career planning. The world of work map, extending Holland's hexagon into a visual occupational map, links assessment results with occupational options. (SK)

Regression analysis of data from 93 college students showed that self-efficacy beliefs and outcome expectations are more powerful predictors of occupations considered than person-environment congruence. Congruence alone is a weak predictor of occupational considerations. Social Cognitive Career Theory and Holland's Theory of Career Choice…

Scores of 125 adolescents on the Coping with Career Indecision, Problem Solving Inventory, Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale, Career Decision Scale, Career Barriers Inventory, and Positive and Negative Affect Schedule were subjected to factor and cluster analyses. Four dimensions were identified related to level of agency (low/high) and…

College students (n=209) completed the Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy (CDMSE) Scale, Self-Reliance Inventory, and Work Preferences Scale. Counterdependence (distancing) was negatively related to CDMSE. Self-reliance, work preference, and gender variables were significant predictors of CDMSE. (Contains 27 references.) (SK)

The Career Assessment Diagnostic Inventory evaluates six career indecision factors: family conflict, emotional independence, decision-making anxiety, identity development, career information, and career self-efficacy. Factor analysis and convergent validity results of scores of 539 students supported the instrument's validity. (SK)

A literature review on the Career Development Inventory since 1979 found support for its sensitivity and specificity as a measure of readiness to make educational and vocational choices. Research is needed on its predictive validity. Revision should address increasing the reliability of the two cognitive scales. (63 references) (SK)

The Career Decision Making Self Efficacy Scale is based on self-efficacy and career maturity theories and research showing the strong relationship of career self-efficacy to career indecision. The scale is useful in designing and evaluating education and counseling interventions intended to increase perceptions of self-efficacy. (SK)

This article reports on the development and initial validation of an inventory--Cognitions and Beliefs About Technology and Science (CABATS). Out of a literature search and content analysis, eight categories of cognitions or beliefs were developed. In Study 1, those eight components of were assessed with a confirmatory factor analysis of item…

Ethical career assessment of female clients requires global gender sensitivity as well as knowledge of gender issues in the areas of individual differences and career choice process. Whether quantitative or qualitative, informal or formal, assessments and interpretations should be gender sensitive for both men and women. (Contains 79 references.)…

Successful intelligence is the ability to attain life goals by adapting to, shaping, and selecting environments and recognizing and dealing with strengths and weaknesses. Research on the measurement of analytical, creative, and practical abilities validates the theory and the usefulness of triarchic instruction in finding a career path. (Contains …

Synthesizes studies categorized by medical specialties and using the following instruments into the Five Factor Model of personality: Adjective Check List, California Psychological Inventory, 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire, and Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Suggests a loose association between personalty factors and medical specialties and…

The California Psychological Inventory (CPI) includes a three-vector model of personality based on orientation toward people, orientation toward societal values, and ego integration. Scores categorize people into one of four lifestyles with seven possible levels of integration. CPI scores provide helpful information for understanding career…

College freshmen were divided into three groups: (1) 28 completed the Self-Directed Search and attended a 50-minute career exploration workshop based on it; (2) 28 completed the Career Decision-Making System-Revised (CDM-R) and attended a similar workshop; and (3) 28 were controls. CDM-R significantly increased knowledge of decision-making…

Undecided college students (n=74) learned decision-making strategies through a computer program. Results from the Career Decision Scale, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Career Choice Report, and Assessment of Career Decision Making showed that strategies based on individual preference significantly increased decidedness and decreased indecision,…

Measures of science and math self-efficacy and self-efficacy in scientific/technical fields (STF) were completed by 363 students (111 African Americans). Significant gender differences in favor of males were found in math and science self-efficacy, but there were no significant racial differences. Results suggest the STF self-efficacy measure may…