Paper presented at a Symposium on Vocational Development Theory, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, July 30, 1968.

Developmental models of vocational maturity are discussed and a mid-career model is proposed, noting developmental problems. An inventory for heterogeneous adults is described and the results are summarized. (Author)

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One of the new dimensions of vocational and career counseling is the recognition of the continuity in careers. Despite periods of unemployment and despite a radical change of occupations, the person having these experiences of change is still the same person. Although a career involves the life pursuits of a person, there are several differing…

The Differential Aptitude Tests (DAT) have been widely used in junior and senior high schools since 1947. The DAT Career Planning Program is a modification of the methods of collecting, interpreting, and reporting test data from those tests in conjunction with additional information about students gathered at the time of testing. This modification…

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