Circumplex structure of Holland's RIASEC interests across gender and time

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-31

  Darcy, Maria U A ^a   Tracey, Terence J G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytic methods; Circumplex structure; Holland's RIASEC; UNIACT; Vocational interests

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RANDOMIZATION; REFERENCE DATABASE; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX RATIO; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

EID: 33846058930     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.54.1.17     Document Type: Article

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