Vocational Preference Inventory.
VPI
- What it measures
- Holland's RIASEC vocational personality types plus 5 supplementary scales (Self-Control, Status, Masculinity/Femininity, Infrequency, Acquiescence). A personality-interest inventory operationalizing Holland's theory using reactions to occupational titles.
- Length and format
- 160 occupational titles. Like / Dislike (binary) reaction to each occupational title; summed to 11 scales (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Multiple international adaptations (e.g. various European and Asian language studies); used cross-culturally in RIASEC research
- Normative data
- We hold norms for a related instrument, not for this one.
- Licence
- copyrighted - commercial
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- Reference
- Holland, J.L. (1985). Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) Manual. PAR. https://www.parinc.com/products/VPI
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