Vocational interests assessed at the end of high school predict life outcomes assessed 10 years later over and above IQ and Big Five personality traits.

Autor/inn/en	Stoll, Gundula; Rieger, Sven; Lüdtke, Oliver; Nagengast, Benjamin; Trautwein, Ulrich; Roberts, Brent W.
Titel	Vocational interests assessed at the end of high school predict life outcomes assessed 10 years later over and above IQ and Big Five personality traits.
Quelle	In: Journal of personality and social psychology, 113 (2017) 1, S. 167-184 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-3514; 1939-1315
DOI	10.1037/pspp0000117
Schlagwörter	Längsschnittuntersuchung; Validität; Beziehung; Intelligenz (Psy); Motiv (Psy); Persönlichkeitsentwicklung; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Schulabschluss; Gesundheit; Messung; Lebensqualität; Lebensstandard; Arbeit; Karriere; Berufsinteresse; Berufsorientierung; Berufswahl; Auswirkung; Geschlechtsspezifik; Individueller Unterschied; Lebensführung; Zielsetzung; Abiturient; Junger Erwachsener; Deutschland
Abstract	Vocational interests are important aspects of personality that reflect individual differences in motives, goals, and personal strivings. It is therefore plausible that these characteristics have an impact on individuals' lives not only in terms of vocational outcomes, but also beyond the vocational domain. [...] Using Holland's RIASEC taxonomy [...], which groups vocational interests into 6 broad domains, the present study examined whether vocational interests are significant predictors of life outcomes that show incremental validity over and above the Big Five personality traits. For this purpose, a cohort of German high school students [...] was tracked over a period of 10 years after graduating from school. [...] Nine outcomes from the domains of work, relationships, and health were investigated. The results indicate that vocational interests are important predictors of life outcomes that show incremental validity over the Big Five personality traits. [...] For work and relationship outcomes, vocational interests were even stronger predictors than the Big Five personality traits. For health-related outcomes, the results favored the personality traits. Effects were similar across gender for all outcomes [...]. Possible explanations for these effects are discussed. (Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2021/1