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Publication Date: 1987
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Development and Validation of the Occupational Identity Scale.
Melgosa, Julian
Journal of Adolescence, v10 n4 p385-97 Dec 1987
Describes the development of a research tool, the Occupational Identity Scale, to study one dimension of ego-identity development (occupational dimension), with 417 college and high school students validating items. Identified four factors which accounted for 49 percent of the total variance. Reliability coefficients ranged between 0.70 and 0.87, validity coefficients between 0.38 and 0.79. (Author/KS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, College Students, Developmental Stages, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Identification (Psychology), Occupational Aspiration, Personality Measures, Psychometrics, Secondary Education, Secondary School Students, Self Concept Measures, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Test Construction, Test Reliability, Test Validity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain
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