My Vocational Situation.
MVS
Three career constructs: Vocational Identity (clarity/stability of goals, interests and abilities - the well-validated 18-item core), plus brief Occupational Information and Barriers checklists. A quick screen of career-decision status in Holland's framework.
- Provisionally grouped under
- Length and format
- 26 (18 true/false Vocational Identity + 8 yes/no Occupational Information & Barriers items). true/false (Identity) and yes/no (Information, Barriers) (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Multiple international adaptations of the Vocational Identity scale
- Licence
- copyrighted - author permission
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- Reference
- Holland, J.L., Daiger, D.C., & Power, P.G. (1980). My Vocational Situation. Consulting Psychologists Press. https://www.sralab.org/rehabilitation-measures/my-vocational-situation
https://www.sralab.org/rehabilitation-measures/my-vocational-situation
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