2002;61:139-184. doi: 10.1006/jvbe.2002.1878.
Convergent and discriminant validity of five interest inventories.
Journal of Vocational Behavior
Mark L Savickas, Brian J Taber, Arnold R Spokane
UIID-EM: 76
Bookshelf ID: 2002-17718-007 DOI: 10.1006/jvbe.2002.1878
Abstract
Investigated whether interest inventories that purport to measure the same constructs actually yield scores that correspond. The study examined the empirical relation of scores for similarly and same-named scales on 5 widely used interest inventories: the Campbell Interest and Skills Survey, the Kuder Occupational Interest Survey--Form DD, the Self-Directed Search, the Strong Interest Inventory--Skills Confidence Edition, and the Revised Unisex Edition of the American College Testing Interest Inventory. Comparisons were made among scores for (1) vocational interests measured by homogeneous, rationally based scales; (2) occupational interests measured by heterogeneous, criterion-based scales; and (3) self-efficacy for RIASEC tasks. The Ss consisted of 80 women and 38 men employed as career counseling practitioners and professors. Results from analyses indicate that similarly and same-named scales correlated moderately and that, with few exceptions, these matched scales demonstrated convergent and discriminant validity. These conclusions were interpreted by distinguishing between the linguistic explication and operational definition of constructs in theories of vocational and occupational interests. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)
Keywords: vocational & occupational interests; Campbell Interest & Skills; Kuder Occupational Interest; Strong & ACT Interest Inventory; Self Directed Search; Kuder Occupational Interest Survey; Strong Vocational Interest Blank
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