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Download full textCLARY, JOE R.; WESTBROOK, BERT W. – 1967
THIS REPORT DEALS WITH THE ORGANIZATION, RATIONALE, METHODS AND EXPECTED END-PRODUCTS OF A RESEARCH PROJECT (SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION ON JUNE 23, 1970) FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND VALIDATION OF A RELIABLE VOCATIONAL MATURITY MEASURE (VMM). THE PROJECT'S EIGHT PHASES AND ACTIVITIES ARE EXPLAINED. THE PROJECT ASSUMES--(1) THE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY AS…
Descriptors: Career Development, Maturity Tests, Measurement Instruments, Research Design
Richardson, Mary S.; And Others – 1976
Two studies, the second essentially a replication of the first, were conducted to clarify the meaning of vocational maturity in female career development. The sample consisted of 55 college women in the first study and 145 women in the second study. Correlational analysis examined the relationship of vocational maturity, using the Career Maturity…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Educational Objectives, Females, Maturity Tests
Josselson, Ruthellen; And Others – 1975
Forty-one subjects who score at the high and low extremes of the Psychosocial Maturity (PSM) Inventory were intensively interviewed. These interview data were analyzed to contrast the phenomenological and psychodynamic forces in the lives of these subjects that influence their current state of psychosocial maturity. Case material is presented.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Maturity Tests, Personality Assessment
Tweng, M. S.; Rhodes, C. I. – 1973
Measures of the perception of occupational prestige and vocational maturity of 313 high school students representing grades 9 through 12 were investigated together with variables: father's occupation, occupational choice, grade level, age, intelligence, verbal and non-verbal abilities, and reading and math achievements. Significant correlates of…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Career Development, Careers, Employment
Coker, Dana R. – 1977
Several aspects of gender concept development were investigated in 60 children of mixed socioeconomic background ranging in age from three to six years. Tasks were designed to assess gender constancy, knowledge of sex-stereotypes, differential memory and preference for sex-typed material, and gender categorization. Cognitive maturity was assessed…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Developmental Psychology
Josselson, Ruthellen; And Others – 1975
Two studies were conducted to explore the convergent and divergent validity of the Psychosocial Maturity (PSM) Inventory. The Individual Adequacy subscales were found to be highly related to measures of personal adjustment while the Social Adequacy and Interpersonal Adequacy subscales showed lower correlations with these measures. The results…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Correlation, Interpersonal Competence, Maturity (Individuals)
Peer reviewedFlake, Muriel H.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1975
The effectiveness of short-term counseling on Career Maturity of tenth-grade students as measured by the Career Maturity Inventory was studied. Results indicate that career maturity as a developmental process can be measured and facilitated through counseling. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Counseling Effectiveness, Decision Making
Reed, Linda – 1970
The present study related achievement motivation and the degree of responsibility attributed to the self for success and failure to school achievement. A children's achievement motivation scale and Crandall's Intellectual Achievement Responsibility Questionnaire were administered to elementary school children. Achievers and underachievers were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students, High Achievement, Intelligence Tests
School Research (Swedish National Board of Education Newsletter), 1970
This document reports on a current project of the Institute of Education at the Uppsala School of Education, designed to evaluate the effects of extending English instruction in Swedish schools into the initial school years. Swedish schools presently offer an average of 3.5 hours per week of English in school years 4 to 9, a total average of 21…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods
REICHMAN, WALTER – 1966
EVIDENCE ABOUT THE CONSTRUCT VALIDITY OF PRESUMED VOCATIONAL MATURITY FACTOR SCORES WAS OBTAINED BY STUDYING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FACTORS OF VOCATIONAL MATURITY AND A GROUP OF CONCURRENT VARIABLES DEEMED RELEVANT TO VOCATIONAL MATURITY. THESE VARIABLES WERE CLASSIFIED INTO FIVE GROUPS--FAMILY SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, ABILITY AND ACHIEVEMENT,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aspiration, Career Development, Factor Analysis
Alameda County School Dept., Hayward, CA. – 1972
The purpose of this project was to evaluate the effects of a comprehensive career development program operating during the 1971-72 school year on selected behaviors of students, parents, school staffs, and community participants. Through career development experiences within the normal curriculum in certain experimental schools the project had as…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Career Development, Career Education, Community Involvement
