The Self-Efficacy-Interest Relationship and RIASEC Type: Which Is Figure and Which Is Ground? Comment on Armstrong and Vogel (2009)

Autor/inn/en	Lent, Robert W.; Sheu, Hung-Bin; Brown, Steven D.
Titel	The Self-Efficacy-Interest Relationship and RIASEC Type: Which Is Figure and Which Is Ground? Comment on Armstrong and Vogel (2009)
Quelle	In: Journal of Counseling Psychology, 57 (2010) 2, S.219-225 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0167
DOI	10.1037/a0019039
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Self Efficacy; Interests; Measurement; Longitudinal Studies; Classification; Social Cognition; Validity; Personality Traits; Career Choice; Multivariate Analysis; Path Analysis; Correlation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Bildungsinteresse; Messverfahren; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Soziale Kognition; Gültigkeit; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Multivariate Analyse; Pfadanalyse; Korrelation
Abstract	Armstrong and Vogel (2009) proposed that the differences between self-efficacy and interests are a matter of measurement artifact rather than substance. In tests of this hypothesis, they conceived of self-efficacy and interest as observed indicators of larger RIASEC (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional) types and as response method factors. We revisit the authors' theoretical assumptions, measurement procedures, analyses, and interpretation of findings. When viewing this study in the context of the larger literature, we find ample support for the construal of self-efficacy and interests as distinct but related constructs. In addition, we examine the authors' reanalysis of earlier longitudinal findings, reaching different conclusions than they did about the nature of the temporal relations among the social cognitive variables. Ultimately, whether one wishes to highlight or minimize the differences between interest and self-efficacy may largely depend on whether one's purpose is explanation (e.g., how do people make career-relevant choices?) or classification (e.g., which RIASEC type does a person most resemble?). (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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