A factor analytic validation of Holland's Vocational Preference Inventory

Scipio, William J. Di

doi:10.1016/0001-8791(74)90124-9

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“…The factor comparison coefficients are around 0.80, which compares favorably with the level obtained in a study of vocational interests (Di Scipio, 1974). The factor comparison coefficients are around 0.80, which compares favorably with the level obtained in a study of vocational interests (Di Scipio, 1974).…”

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Sex and Intelligence Differences in Humor Appreciation: A Re-Examination

Khoury¹

1977

soc behav pers

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Ratings for degree of interest in hobbies, TV programs, reading topics and sports, together with the leisure activities they encouraged in their children, were obtained from 1270 adults. Ten relatively independent factors, with a fair degree of similarity across sex, were arrived at by principal component methods. The analysis was carried out on individual items rather than a priori scores, and the subjects were required to rate only those activities with which they were familiar. The factors were more specific than those identified previously, with normally combined interests such as entertainment and films emerging as separate components. As a first step towards identifying the characteristics of people with different interests, the relationship of each factor to personality and demographic variables was investigated.There have been many studies on the structuring of vocational interests but, with a few notable exceptions, recreational interests have been neglected. An early factorial classification of vocational interests, based on the Strong Vocational Interest Blank, was by Thurstone (1931). His "centroid" method gave four factors which were interpreted as Science, Language, People and Business. Lurie (1937) conducted a similar analysis on the Allport-Vernon Study of Values and identified four factors labeled as Social, Philistine, Theoretical and Religious. Eysenck (1970), in reviewing subsequent studies, concluded that very little has been added, apart from results in general agreement with the original analyses.The first attempt at a statistical classification of recreational interests was by Thorndike (1935). He identified four correlated groups of interest items that were replicated across two samples of college graduates. These were Utility (reading the newspaper, politics, etc.), Ideas and Fancy (reading fiction, theatre or movies), Music, and Outdoor Sport. Another study on a small number of recreational interests was described by Vernon (1949). Interests in a biographical questionnaire, completed by 1000 Royal Navy recruits, were factor analyzed. A general factor emerged that was labeled Cultural and Intellectual Level (photography, acting, reading versus football, metalwork, cooking). Four subsequent factors were extracted and labeled Mechanical (metalwork), Athletic, Social. and Domestic (house repairs, gardening). A factor analysis of a large number of occupations and recreations, but reduced to 95 scores, was performed by Guilford et al. (1954). Separate analyses were carried out for two large groups of Air Force personnel, with 17 factors being replicated of which four involved recreations. These were interpreted as Adventure versus Security, Esthetic Appreciation, Esthetic Expression, and Need for Diversion.

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