A person's performance for a vocation is influenced by the aspirations and choice of their parents. This may result in an unsatisfactory placement of the student. However, it is important to note that the vocational choice should be decided more on the individual's ability, interest, aptitude, rather than on parental aspirations alone. Some…

This study explored the effects of optimism, intrinsic motivation, and family relations on vocational identity in college students in the United States and South Korea. The results yielded support for the hypothesized multivariate model. Across both cultures, optimism was an important contributing factor to vocational identity, and intrinsic…

The current study adds to the literature--and addresses several identified limitations--about the relationship between therapist trainees' personality traits and their preference for a particular theoretical orientation(s). Therapist trainees (N = 197) in a Clinical Psy.D program at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology completed a paper…

Background: The literature on those who choose to become PE teachers received healthy attention in the late twentieth century but has been largely ignored since. Querying those PETE majors in first decade of the new century enables PETE faculty to have updated and pertinent knowledge of their charges. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to…

Holland influenced practice and research in career development by contributing a clear theory useful in organizing information about individuals and career alternatives and for understanding individuals' entry and persistence in occupational and other environments. His theory was repeatedly revised in response to evidence. As Holland's own career…

Assesses the vocational commitment of college women who had spent time, energy and money preparing for a profession. Subjects were senior undergraduate women from a large southern university. Results indicated women desired active involvement in their profession. (EK)

Seventy six college students rated each of 100 occupations either high or low with respect to their interest and ability in each one. Pairings for specific occupations were presented to each subject in a forced choice format. Self rated interest was found to be significantly more important than self rated ability in choosing between two…

Teachers' views concerning occupations appropriate for visually impaired print and braille readers were studied, based on surveys conducted at two North American schools for the blind. The teachers tended to hold the stereotyped ideas that blind people are good musicians, are good with their hands, or should be in a profession. (SEW)

Traditional vocational aptitude tests attempt to match the counselee's responses to those of a large group of people in a certain occupation. Instead, person matching attempts to match the counselee's responses to those of individuals who are satisfied with their occupations. (BW)

It appears that successful forestry students are active, outdoor types, and masculine in their interests. They are stable and intellectually competent, especially quantitatively, and if they take their preforestry in the university setting in which they ultimately do their forestry training, they are more likely to meet with success than if they…

Each of one third of all Pennsylvania public high schools were assessed in 1974, 75 and 76 so that all high school students were assessed during this three-year period. The results indicate that eleventh grade female students displayed a significantly more positive attitude toward work than did the male students when responding to work attitude…

This article describes refinements in an occupational family structure based on the Dictionary of Occupational Titles and the General Aptitude Test Battery that enhance the structure's value in counseling. (Author)