Strong-Cempbell Interest Inventory

The Strong Campbell Interest Inventory (SCII)

The Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory (SCII) is the much revised edition of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank developed using the criterion group approach (items match the interests and values of a criterion group of people who are happy with chosen careers). According to Crites (1978), the 1974 revision of the SVIB consists of 325 items which represent a test in which the male and female SVIB forms have been merged in an effort to rid the instrument of "sexist" conceptualizations.

Kaplan and Saccuzzo (1982) note that an additional motive for the 1974 revision was to provide a theoretical framework explaining individual variance in career preference. Based the theoretical work of Holland (1975), it was postulated that variance in career preference was associated with personality differences and that there were six basic personality dimensions (realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, conventional) that contributed to preference variance.

The SCII was again revised in the Spring of 1981, although the materials used to take the test did not change. However, the SCII profiles was expanded to include new occupational scales with every occupational criterion group r

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interpretation of general theme and basic interest scores should not be begun until one examines the administrative information to make sure that "yea-saying" and "nay-saying" responses are not disproportionately high. Dolliver has noted that there are a number of structure problems with the current SCII. These include: (1) essentially negligible revision of some scales; (2) processing a manner that restricted the number of items for inclusion on the occupational scales for each sex; and (3) the use of only 325 items as a base for the development of 155 occupational scales. Nonetheless, Dolliver concludes that: The SCII appears to the reviewer to be the best vocational interest inventory available (p. 1626). A similar assessment has been formulated by Kaplan and Saccuzzo (1982). In this regard, the authors state that: ...the 1981 revision takes a sound psychological test and eliminates some of the few remaining problems (p.349). Summary This paper examined the general features and test development of the SCII. It was noted that the interest inventory has gone through many revisions and that it utilized the criterion group approach in its initial construction. Research was cited to show that the test has good reliability
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