TY - JOUR
T1 - The development and validation of an Interest and Skill Inventory on Educational Choices (ISEC)
AU - Meens, E.E.M.
AU - Bakx, A.W.E.A.
AU - Mulder, Joris
AU - Denissen, Jaap
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This study aimed at developing and validating a new instrument to facilitate late adolescents and young adults to choose a higher education major. For the main study, the sample consisted of 6,215 late adolescents and young adults (M-age = 19.50, SD = 1.89, 42.3% female). After rational scale construction based on the RIASEC model of Holland (1997), several statistical analyses were conducted. In four studies, structural validity, internal consistency, and construct validity were examined. Our analyses showed that adequate structural validity, internal consistency, and construct validity were established. A 7-factor structure was found, in which the investigative domain split into two subscales. The overall results suggested that the new instrument is reliable and valid as an orientation instrument in applied settings in secondary and higher education.
AB - This study aimed at developing and validating a new instrument to facilitate late adolescents and young adults to choose a higher education major. For the main study, the sample consisted of 6,215 late adolescents and young adults (M-age = 19.50, SD = 1.89, 42.3% female). After rational scale construction based on the RIASEC model of Holland (1997), several statistical analyses were conducted. In four studies, structural validity, internal consistency, and construct validity were examined. Our analyses showed that adequate structural validity, internal consistency, and construct validity were established. A 7-factor structure was found, in which the investigative domain split into two subscales. The overall results suggested that the new instrument is reliable and valid as an orientation instrument in applied settings in secondary and higher education.
KW - CONGRUENCE
KW - HOLLANDS
KW - Hollano's RIASEC types
KW - INDEXES
KW - Interest and Skill Inventory
KW - SPHERICAL MODEL
KW - VOCATIONAL INTERESTS
KW - educational choice
KW - higher education
KW - scale development
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85075075786&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1027/1015-5759/a000546
DO - 10.1027/1015-5759/a000546
M3 - Article
SN - 1015-5759
VL - 36
SP - 817
EP - 828
JO - European Journal of Psychological Assessment
JF - European Journal of Psychological Assessment
IS - 5
ER -