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Role of Counselee Experiences in the Interpretation of Vocational Interest Scores
Author(s) -
PREDIGER DALE,
SWANEY KYLE
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1986.tb01157.x
Subject(s) - vocational education , interpretation (philosophy) , citation , library science , psychology , computer science , pedagogy , programming language
This study determined the validity of vocational interest scores for persons with high, medium, and low levels of experience appropriate to their predominant interests. The experiences and interests of a national sample of 1,380 young adults were assessed concurrently with scales paralleling Holland's types. The degree of congruence betv.een inventoried interests and occupation pursued six years later was found to increase as interest-appropriate experience increased. Occupational group members who had a high level of interest-appropriate experience (i.e., those with "verified interests") scored as expected on the interest inventory--in sharp contrast to those with a low level of interest-appropriate experience. Implications for counseling include the following: (1) when a counselee's predominant interests are not accompanied by relevant experiences, caution should be used in interest score interpretation; (2) the counselor and counselee may wish to review the extent to which experience and knowledge were brought to bear on responses to items on the interest scales with the highest scores; and (3) another approach would be to provide counselees with opportunities to engage in and evaluate the experiences they are lacking--and thereby evaluate their interests. (Author/KC) * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * RESEARCH REPORT N. 86 ,.... cm LLJ Role of Counselee Experiences in the Interpretation of Vocational Interest Scores Dale J Prediger and Kyle B Swaney U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION E UCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER IERICI 4 This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization onoinatino it . Minor changes have been made to .mprove reproduction Qualay Points 01 view of opinions stated in ths docu trent do not necessanly represent Okra, NIE Pesmon Of policy February 1985 2 "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)" Prepared by the Research C vis;on The American College Testing Program For additional copies write: ACT Publications