Holland Type as a Predictor of Benefit From Self-Help Career Counseling

Determining who would benefit from treatment interventions is an important issue for psychology in general and self-help approaches in particular. Holland high-point code and self-directed search ( Holland, 1985b ) scale scores were used to predict benefit from a self-help career counseling interven...

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Published in:Journal of counseling psychology 1987-07, Vol.34 (3), p.326-329
Main Authors: Kivlighan, Dennis M, Shapiro, Robert M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Careers
College Students
Human
Medical sciences
Occupational Guidance
Occupational Interest Measures
Personality Traits
Prediction
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Self help
Self-Help Techniques
Social research
Student Characteristics
Students
Tests
Therapeutical relation and framework
Treatment Outcomes
Treatments
Vocational Maturity
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Summary:Determining who would benefit from treatment interventions is an important issue for psychology in general and self-help approaches in particular. Holland high-point code and self-directed search ( Holland, 1985b ) scale scores were used to predict benefit from a self-help career counseling intervention for 52 students undecided as to career. Outcome was assessed by means of changes on the Vocational Identity Scale of Holland's My Vocational Situation ( Holland, Daiger, & Power, 1980 ). Participants with realistic, investigative, or conventional high-point codes showed greater changes in vocational identity when compared with participants with artistic, social, or enterprising high-point codes. The results also indicated that higher scores on the Realistic, Investigative, and Conventional scales were related to greater changes in vocational identity. The results are discussed in relation to self-help for career concerns and the self-help field in general.
ISSN:0022-0167
1939-2168
DOI:10.1037/0022-0167.34.3.326