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The Measurement of Career Interests among At-Risk Inner-City and Middle-Class Suburban Adolescents

Sherri L. Turner

University of Minnesota, turne047{at}umn.edu

Richard T. Lapan

University of Missouri-Columbia

This article examines the factor structure and underlying dimensions of Holland's occupational themes with inner-city, at-risk middle school adolescents and middle-class, suburban middle school adolescents. Both groups constructed the occupational world across the Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, and Social Holland themes similarly. However, there were differences in their construals of the relationships between occupations in the Enterprising and Social Themes. Subsequent means analyses indicated significant ethnic differences in medical science careers and within-group ethnic differences in working with hands, working outdoors, professional and fashion arts, social service, and medical service careers.

Key Words: Middle school students • ethnic/racial comparisons • career interests • factor analysis • urban environments

Journal of Career Assessment, Vol. 11, No. 4, 405-420 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/1069072703255870
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