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Three studies are reported testing the hypothesis of greater reliance on the Intuitive style by females and on the Planning style by males in making career decisions. There were no sex differences in these high school and college samples for stage or style of decision making, vocational self-concept crystallization, or self-rated vocational decisiveness. The Planning style was most highly associated with vocational decisiveness, the third or Choice stage of choosing an occupation, and with stronger Super work values, particularly Management, Security, and Prestige. Differential career counseling for the sexes does not appear indicated.

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To promote understanding of other-sex scores on the new Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory, correlations between occupational scales common to both forms of the old Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) with "masculinity" of interests were studied in a sample of 116 female counseling clients. Differences in mean scores for scales appearing on both SVIB forms were highly related to the masculinity of interests of the people in those occupations, compared to others of the same sex. Recommendations are included for using MF scores to guide clients with high scores on occupational scales normed on the other sex.

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