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…

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…

Conducted study to examine validity of Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery Form 14 (ASVAB-14) composites and validity of new ASVAB-14 Job Cluster Scales developed by American College Testing Program for use in computer-based career planning system, DISCOVER. Found ASVAB-14 had serious limitations for career counseling. (NB)

The General Aptitude Test Battery, used by many state employment services as a counseling tool, has been criticized as an unfair screening device. A less restrictive policy of pretest coaching and retesting, combined with action research on the effects of remedial education on aptitudes scores is suggested, rather than a return to subjective…

This article re-examines data from the Nonreading Aptitude Test Battery (NATB) and General Aptitude Battery (GATB) test manuals in light of some conventionally accepted psychometric considerations. It is recommended that caution be employed in relating NATB profiles to the Occupational Aptitude Patterns' norms. (Author)

One university's Honors program approach to career counseling is discussed. Effects of conflict between students' lifelong dreams and their aptitudes and academic achievements is discussed with its corresponding depression, disorientation, and frequent withdrawal from school. A policy of realistic but sympathetic early assessment and consideration…

Adults requesting career guidance at a counseling center completed a problem-checklist and the Identity, Information, and Barriers scales of the My Vocational Situation inventory. Respondents indicated a need for information on careers; lack of clarity regarding interests, talents, and goals; and worries about self-confidence, independence, and…

This report contains Armed Service Vocational Aptitude Battery profiles for seven occupational categories and for selected jobs within each category. Results from four ASVAB aptitudes form the basis of each profile: word knowledge, arithmetic reasoning, space perception, and attention to detail. These are essentially equivalent to the following…

The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery measures general ability, trade-technical experience, a spatial factor, and a clerical factor unlike traditional measures of clerical aptitude. Established procedures for test review are inadequate for generating an informed opinion regarding a test that is heavily promoted and that changes from year…

Minimum aptitudes for selected occupations in 19 worker trait groups are cited as a starting point in considering occupations for emotionally disabled individuals. Important self-perceptions in assessing employability with this group include locus of control, realistic appraisal of limitations, values relevant to vocational choices, and…

Reviews the validity, reliability, and norms of this comprehensive career counseling program, which includes interest and aptitude tests, and a measure of personal values of relevance to vocational motivation. (BL)

Two articles dealing with self estimate ability in adolescence are presented; one is an investigation to determine whether age, grade level, school program, sex, intelligence, and social class influence the accuracy of self-knowledge of vocationally relevant attributes of high school students. The second article comments on this study and other…

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…