Appraising Birth Order In Career Assessment: Linkages To Holland's And Super's Models
Adlerian vocational theory; birth order; career assessment; family; interests; Psychology; vocational; work; work values
Adlerian vocational theory proposes that birth order, or psychological position in the family of origin, significantly influences vocational behavior. If so, appraising birth order position may be useful in a career assessment context to enrich an understanding of an individual's occupational interests, values, and vocational personality style. Two exploratory studies examined this potentiality. In Study 1, analysis of variance results indicated significant differences in vocational personality type, occupational interests, and values among three birth-order groups derived from a medical student sample (N = 159). Significant differences in occupational interests among birth-order groups also emerged in Study 2 which used a college student sample (N = 119). Combined, results of the present research lend support to the Adlerian theoretical assertion that birth order determines vocational personality, occupational interest, and values patterns. Birth order represents a salient and viable variable to consider in career assessment and counseling contexts as well as to examine in future research.
Leong F T L; Hartung P J; Goh D; Gaylor M
Journal of Career Assessment
2001
2001
Journal Article or Conference Abstract Publication
<a href="http://doi.org/10.1177/106907270100900102" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1177/106907270100900102</a>
Predictive Validity Of The Medical Specialty Preference Inventory
interests; Medical; Medical specialty choice; Medical specialty preference inventory; Medical students; MSPI; Predictive validity; Psychology
Glavin K W; Richard G V; Porfeli E J
Journal of Vocational Behavior
2009
2009-02
Journal Article or Conference Abstract Publication
<a href="http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2008.11.004" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1016/j.jvb.2008.11.004</a>
Personality, Vocational Interests, And Work Values Of Medical Students
career specialty choice; dissatisfaction; interests; Medical students; neo-pi-r; personality; physicians; Psychology; satisfaction; selection; Stability; traits; values
Duffy R D; Borges N J; Hartung P J
Journal of Career Assessment
2009
2009-05
Journal Article or Conference Abstract Publication
<a href="http://doi.org/10.1177/1069072708329035" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1177/1069072708329035</a>
Stability of values during medical school
students; personality; Health Care Sciences & Services; Education & Educational Research; interests; specialty choice
Background: Medical students' values represent an understudied area of research in medical education research. No known studies have investigated how medical students' values change over time from matriculation to graduation. Aim: Values are thought to remain relatively stable over the life course. However, little research supports this claim. Therefore, we examined the extent to which values change or remain the same during medical school. Method: Forty-six first-year medical students completed the Physician Values in Practice Scale (PVIPS) during their first and fourth years of medical school. The PVIPS contains 38 statements of values about medical practice and comprises six scales: Prestige, Service, Autonomy, Lifestyle, Management, and Scholarly Pursuits. Results: Matched pair t-tests (p<0.05) indicated significant differences between students' PVIPS scores pretest (first year of medical school) and posttest (fourth year of medical school) for 2 of the 6 values (Autonomy: t(45) = -4.12, p<0.001 and Lifestyle: t(45) = -2.62, p = 0.012). Conclusions: Medical students values appear to change slightly during their 4 years of medical education. In line with literature suggesting that the medical education process is associated with change in certain student qualities and attributes (e. g., empathy), physician values may be another variable so affected.
Borges N J; Hartung P J
Medical Teacher
2010
2010
Journal Article or Conference Abstract Publication
<a href="http://doi.org/10.3109/01421591003692706" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.3109/01421591003692706</a>
Development of specialization scales for the MSPI: A comparison of empirical and inductive strategies
Career choice; discriminant-analysis; Empirical measurement model; exploratory factor-analysis; formative; Inductive measurement model; interest; Interest inventory; Interests; Job choice; measurement; Medical residency choice; Medical specialty choice; medical-students; predictive-validity; Psychology; scores; specialty preference inventory; stepwise
An empirical measurement model for interest inventory construction uses internal criteria whereas an inductive measurement model uses external criteria. The empirical and inductive measurement models are compared and contrasted and then two models are assessed through tests of the effectiveness and economy of scales for the Medical Specialty Preference Inventory (Zimney,1979). The empirical results clearly demonstrate the advantages of using an empirical model for occupational interest inventory construction, whether alone or in conjunction with an inductive model. Furthermore, the results indicated that the empirical model may be used to resolve the long-standing problems in constructing predictive inventories for specialty choice within an occupation. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Porfeli E J; Richard G V; Savickas M L
Journal of Vocational Behavior
2010
2010-10
Journal Article
<a href="http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2010.04.011" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1016/j.jvb.2010.04.011</a>