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Direct linkPoitras, Sarah-Caroline; Guay, Frederic; Ratelle, Catherine F. – Journal of Career Development, 2012
Using Item Response Theory (IRT) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), the goal of this study was to select a reduced pool of items from the French Canadian version of the Self-Directed Search--Activities Section (Holland, Fritzsche, & Powell, 1994). Two studies were conducted. Results of Study 1, involving 727 French Canadian students,…
Descriptors: Vocational Interests, Interest Inventories, Item Response Theory, Factor Analysis
Peer reviewedStrack, Stephen – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1994
Seventy-five male and 77 female college students completed the Personality Adjective Check List and Self-Directed Search. Results show that Millon's personality styles and Holland's occupational types are reliably linked, seeming closest in the concept of social dominance-submission and emotionality-restraint and most divergent in the view of…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Personality Theories, Personality Traits
Peer reviewedGottfredson, Gary D.; Holland, John L. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1975
Several Predictors of occupational choice derived from a theory of careers were examined. Hypotheses that a person's competencies, activities, self-estimates, interests, and vocational choices can be organized to understand and predict subsequent choice were tested. Findings support both the theory and the validity of the Self-Directed Search.…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Interest Inventories
