Relationship of Kuder Preference Record Verification scores to adjustment: Implications for vocational development theory

Abstract

Compared high school males with inappropriately low Verification (V) scores on the Kuder Vocational Preference Record (KPR) to high school males with acceptable V scores on the CPI to investigate whether personal conflicts might be contributing to low V scores. Intellectual capacity and testing conditions were controlled. Incorrectly marked or incomplete inventories were eliminated. 256 Ss with acceptable V scores and 83 with inappropriate ones were used. Ss with acceptable V scores showed significantly higher mean scores on 15 of the 18 CPI scales. Thus, the V score might be considered an index of personal and social maturity. Assumptions that vocational choice is an integral part of total personality development and that vocational maturity relates to total maturity received some support. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)