Psychological Development and Education ›› 2002, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (1): 80-85.

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Vocational Interest's Construction and Characteristic of Middle School Student

CAI Yong-hong, LIN Chong-De, XIAO Li-ping   

  1. Department of Education, Beijing Normal University, 100875
  • Online:2002-01-15 Published:2002-01-15

Abstract: On referring related foreign materials,this research designs a vocational interest inventory,which is applicable to Chinese middle school students.The exploring factor analysis to the test results of 309 subjects indicates that:the inventory has clear construction.The extracted six factors could be explained as Reality(R),Investigate(I),Art(A),Society(S),Enterprise(E)and Common(C).This result is consistent with Holland's Six Vocational Interests.But the relationships among six vocational interests are not completely consistent with Holland's Vocational Hexagon.Further analysis indicates that vocational interest of students above grade 9 has been differentiated.Grade and sex factors have remarkable influence on students'vocatioal interest.The interaction between grade and sex is not notable.

Key words: Vocational Interest, Middle school student

CLC Number: 

  • G449.5
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