Validity of Vocational Aspirations and Interest Inventories: Extended, Replicated, and Reinterpreted

This study found that classified vocational aspirations-singly or in combination-of Navy recruits (467 men and 250 women) were superior to the Vocational Preference Inventory ( Holland, 1985b ). Predictions for persons with coherent vocational aspirations (aspirations all in the same occupational ca...

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Published in:Journal of counseling psychology 1990-07, Vol.37 (3), p.337-342
Main Authors: Holland, John L, Gottfredson, Gary D, Baker, Herbert G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Career Choice
Experimental Replication
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Interest Inventories
Military Personnel
Occupational Aspiration
Occupational Aspirations
Occupational Interest Measures
Occupational psychology
Occupations
Predictive Validity
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychometrics
Social research
Test Validity
Tests
Vocational Interests
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Summary:This study found that classified vocational aspirations-singly or in combination-of Navy recruits (467 men and 250 women) were superior to the Vocational Preference Inventory ( Holland, 1985b ). Predictions for persons with coherent vocational aspirations (aspirations all in the same occupational category) were very predictive over a short time interval, but the hypothesized links between the coherence of vocational aspirations and the Identity Scale ( Holland, Gottfredson, & Power, 1980 ), NEO Personality Inventory scales ( Costa & McCrae, 1985 ), and scales of the Vocational Preference Inventory received only partial support. This study replicates much earlier work (e.g., Borgen & Seling, 1978 ). Implications for test development and practitioners are discussed.
ISSN:0022-0167
1939-2168
DOI:10.1037/0022-0167.37.3.337