Theoretical and Methodological Issues With Testing the SCCT and RIASEC Models: Comment on Lent, Sheu, and Brown (2010) and Lubinski (2010)

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 239-247

  Armstrong, Patrick Ian ^a   Vogel, David L ^a  

^a Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

Holland's RIASEC model; interests; self efficacy; social cognitive career theory; structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

ACHIEVEMENT; APTITUDE; CAREER CHOICE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

EID: 77950567351     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019177     Document Type: Article

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