TY - JOUR
T1 - Personological interpretation of factors from the Strong Vocational Interest Blank Scales
AU - Costa, Paul T.
AU - Fozard, James L.
AU - McCrae, Robert R.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was conducted as part of the Normative Aging Study, Veterans Administration Outpatient Clinic, Jeremiah E. Silbert, M.D., Director. Research supported in part by the Council for Tobacco Research-U.S.A. Scoring of answer sheets and computing of scale scores performed by National Computer Systems, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota. Special thanks are due Dr. Arthur J. Garvey for his advice on the factor analysis and regression analysis reported. Also, thanks are due Joseph Crick and his staff at the Computation Center, University of Massachusetts, Boston. Reprint requests should be directed to Paul T. Costa, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA 02115.
PY - 1977/4
Y1 - 1977/4
N2 - A principal axis factor analysis of the 58 occupational and nonoccupational scales of Form T of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank was performed using the data of 1068 males representing a wide range of age and socioeconomic status groups. Five factors, accounting for 80% of the variance, were: I, Person vs. Task Orientation; II, Theoretical vs. Practical Interaction Style; III, Tough vs. Tender Mindedness; IV, Self-assertiveness vs. Retiring Altruism; and V, Business vs. Healing. Correlations of these factors with the Cattell Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire, the Allport-Vernon-Lindsey Scale of Values, education and socioeconomic status were used to provide psychological interpretations of the factors. Both occupational groupings and personality correlates showed substantial agreement with Holland's (1966) system.
AB - A principal axis factor analysis of the 58 occupational and nonoccupational scales of Form T of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank was performed using the data of 1068 males representing a wide range of age and socioeconomic status groups. Five factors, accounting for 80% of the variance, were: I, Person vs. Task Orientation; II, Theoretical vs. Practical Interaction Style; III, Tough vs. Tender Mindedness; IV, Self-assertiveness vs. Retiring Altruism; and V, Business vs. Healing. Correlations of these factors with the Cattell Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire, the Allport-Vernon-Lindsey Scale of Values, education and socioeconomic status were used to provide psychological interpretations of the factors. Both occupational groupings and personality correlates showed substantial agreement with Holland's (1966) system.
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U2 - 10.1016/0001-8791(77)90060-4
DO - 10.1016/0001-8791(77)90060-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0012878969
SN - 0001-8791
VL - 10
SP - 231
EP - 243
JO - Journal of Vocational Behavior
JF - Journal of Vocational Behavior
IS - 2
ER -