Adolescent vocational interests and later occupation

Abstract

A sample of 215 men who had taken the Kuder Preference Record as tenth, eleventh and twelfth grade students in 1943-45 were sent questionnaires asking for information about current occupations. Usable returns were received from 117. Respondents did not differ significantly with respect to age, intelligence, or mean scores on 8 of the 9 Preference Record Scales. Reported occupations were classified into Kuder interest areas. "For six of the Kuder interest areas, men currently engaged in a related occupation made significantly higher scores seven to nine years ago than did men engaged in unrelated occupations. The three remaining interest areas (artistic, musical, and social service) did not yield clear-cut results because of the inadequacies of the sample." (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)