Factor analysis of twenty-seven similarly named scales of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank and the Kuder Occupational Interest Survey, Form DD.

Harrington, Thomas F.; Lynch, Mervin D.; O’Shea, Arthur J.

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“…Counseling psychologists may be charting the same area but with instruments of different names, or they may be using scales with similar names that are not measuring the same thing. For example, various vocational interest scales with similar names do not correlate highly with one another (Carek, 1972; Harrington, Lynch, & O’Shea, 1971). Without universal agreement on a defining set of markers for generic variables, the proliferation of scales can continue indefinitely.…”

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The individual differences tradition in counseling psychology.

Dawis

1992

Journal of Counseling Psychology

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Counseling psychology developed in the 1950s out of applied psychology, which at that time was the application of the psychology of individual differences. The present article traces this historical development, from individual differences psychology through psychological testing, vocational counseling, and student personnel work, to counseling psychology. The individual differences tradition in counseling psychology research and practice is described, and the ways in which individual differences psychology has influenced counseling psychology and how, in turn, counseling psychology has contributed to the psychology of individual differences are discussed. The article concludes with speculations on the future relationship between the two fields."Psychology," in Ebbinghaus's famous phrase, "has a long past but only a short history" (cited in Beck, 1985, p. 666). Psychology's past reaches back at least to Aristotle and the Greek philosophers, but psychology's history can only be reckoned from 1860, with Gustav Fechner, or from 1879, with Wilhelm Wundt. (The American Psychological Association [APA] was not organized until 1892 and was not incorporated until 1925incorporated until , Fernberger, 1932 Ebbinghaus's much quoted saying can be paraphrased (with apologies) in the following manner: "Counseling has a long past, but counseling psychology has only a short history." Counseling can easily be considered as one of the world's oldest professions. Ancient kings invariably required the services of "counselors." Ancient books spoke of giving and receiving "counsel." Yet counseling psychology's identity as a professional field can only be traced back to 1951, when the Northwestern Conference recommended naming the field "counseling psychology," or to 1952, when the Veterans Administration established the new position of counseling psychologist and APA's Division 17 changed its name from "Counseling and Guidance" to "Counseling Psychology" (Whitely, 1984). According to Wrenn (cited in Whitely, 1984), the name change came about because psychologists were uncomfortable with the title, "Counseling and Guidance" (which was also used by nonpsychologists) and because there was a need to differentiate the field from clinical psychology, which by then had defined itself as oriented toward psychopathology and psychotherapy.I am grateful to Michael J. Patton and Mary Sue Richardson for their insightful comments, helpful suggestions, and sympathetic support, and to David Lubinski for many stimulating discussions about individual differences.

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The individual differences tradition in counseling psychology.

Dawis

1992

Journal of Counseling Psychology

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“…The merged factor analysis reported by Harrington et al (1971), although of dubious value, did indicate convincingly that the OIS and SVIB scales load on different factors and hence are different. (Incidentally, on logical grounds, factor analysis of the OIS and SVIB scales is a methodologically dubious undertaking [Guilford, 1952].)…”

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“…An understanding of the Clemans, Kuder, and Lefkowitz articles exposes the inadequacy of the O'Shea and Harrington article. Harrington et al (1971) stated,…”

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“…Kuder (1969) well explains why one should not expect to find high correlations between similarly labeled scales in the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) and the Kuder Occupational Interest Survey (OIS). The Harrington, Lynch, and O'Shea (1971) merged factor analysis of the OIS and SVIB identified a general factor, their Factor I, and it is not surprising that none of the SVIB scales loaded on it.…”

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Comment: Factor analysis of twenty-seven similarly named scales of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank and the Kuder Occupational Interest Survey, Form DD.

Layton¹,

Borgen²

1972

Journal of Counseling Psychology

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Strong Vocational Interest Blank and Kuder Occupational Interest Survey differences reexamined in terms of Holland's vocational theory.

O’Shea¹,

Harrington²

1972

Journal of Counseling Psychology

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Attempted to reconcile differences reported in previous studies between the SVIB and Kuder Occupational Interest Survey (OIS) by interpreting a factor analysis of like-named scales in terms of J. Holland's theory of vocational choice. When the scales in the OIS and SVIB factors were assigned Holland 3-letter codes, the similarities among the factors became evident. The Holland system facilitated the naming of the factors and provided possible explanations for low correlations between like-named scales. Results also lend support to Holland's categories of occupational activity.

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Factor analysis of twenty-seven similarly named scales of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank and the Kuder Occupational Interest Survey, Form DD.

Cited by 5 publications

References 6 publications

The individual differences tradition in counseling psychology.

The individual differences tradition in counseling psychology.

Comment: Factor analysis of twenty-seven similarly named scales of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank and the Kuder Occupational Interest Survey, Form DD.

Strong Vocational Interest Blank and Kuder Occupational Interest Survey differences reexamined in terms of Holland's vocational theory.

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