Iconographic Professional Interests Inventory (3IP): A New Validation Study

Abstract

Interests have been a central focus of counselling psychology (and vocational psychology in particular) for over 100 years. The awareness of professional interests increases self-knowledge and provides occupational information. In career counselling, vocational interests are assessed more frequently than any other vocational construct, though early evaluations (before 13 years old) of professional interests are very rare. The aim of this research is to examine the 3IP construct (Iconographic Professional Interests Inventory; an inventory composed of 65 stylised pictures that represent people in the act of performing a job) in depth, testing more models in addition to the 19 vocational areas proposed in the 3IP manual. Results show that most of the vocational areas can be grouped into 4 second-level areas (“things”, “people”, “leisure”, and “culture”). Moreover, Holland’s RIASEC model is tested; an accurate selection of items reveals that this model works well using 24 specific jobs. The research concludes that the inventory has good psychometric qualities which can grow further by mean of the increasing, in a targeted way, of the number of jobs.

“Work and Surroundings”: A Training to Enhance Career Curiosity, Self-Efficacy, and the Perception of Work and Decent Work in Adolescents

“…After viewing some motivational videos, the participants worked on the professions presented in the Multilingual Iconographic Inventory of Professional Interests (MIPII, [73], www.mipii.net). The MIPII investigates professional interests in junior high school's students.…”

Stimulus Gambar: Sebuah Kajian pada Instrumen Minat Vokasional

“…Terdapat beberapa kelemahan instrumen minat dengan stimulus berupa kata atau kalimat. Kelemahan stimulus berupa kata atau kalimat adalah dalam hal kebergantungannya terhadap kemampuan membaca dari responden (Boerchi & Magnano, 2015;Enke, 2009;Šverko, Babarović, & Međugorac, 2014). Hal ini membuat instrumen tersebut hanya cocok untuk individu yang memiliki kemampuan membaca dengan baik.…”

“…Kelebihan lain dari stimulus berupa gambar adalah dalam kemampuannya menggambarkan kondisi nyata. Stimulus berupa gambar dinilai lebih mendekati dunia nyata dibandingkan stimulus berupa pernyataan (Boerchi & Magnano, 2015). Hal ini dikarenakan informasi mengenai lingkungan yang berkaitan dengan suatu pekerjaan juga turut tergambarkan (Šverko, et al, 2014) Penggunaan stimulus gambar pada instrumen-instrumen minat yang ada umumnya masih disertai dengan informasi berupa kata atau kalimat.…”

Multilingual Iconographic Professional Interest Inventory (MIPII): Development and Initial Validation

“…Vocational interests inventories are widely used by the career counselors to help individuals to choose academic majors and occupations, being predictors of vocational outcomes (Ludwikowski, Armstrong, & Lannin, 2018;Gasser, Larson, & Borgen, 2007), achievement and satisfaction both in study and work (Boerchi & Magnano, 2015).…”