MINNESOTA VOCATIONAL INTEREST INVENTORY - ITS RELIABILITY IN MEASURING THE INTERESTS OF INSTITUTIONALIZED DELINQUENT ADOLESCENTS

• NCJ Number: 10258
• Author(s): H E TUPKER; P S DUFFY
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 18 pages
• Corporate Author: Iowa Training School for Boys
• Publication Format: Document

Annotation

MALE FIRST OFFENDERS ADMITTED TO IOWA TRAINING SCHOOL FOR BOYS, ARE USED TO VERIFY THE RELIABILITY OF THE TEST AND IDENTIFY VARIABLES RELATED TO INTEREST PATTERN STABILITY.

Abstract

IN SUM, 'THE MINNESOTA VOCATIONAL INTEREST INVENTORY HAS SUFFICIENT RELIABILITY TO BE USED WITH ADOLESCENTS SUCH AS THOSE SAMPLED IN THE PRESENT STUDY' TO MEASURE VOCATIONAL INTERESTS. 'USED WITH NONDELINQUENTS, OTHERWISE COMPARABLE, IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT EVEN HIGHER LEVELS OF STABILITY WOULD BE ACHIEVED'. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)