Abstract

Vocational interest inventories play an important role in supporting adolescents and young adults in their vocational choice. However, existing verbal and pictorial questionnaires have limitations regarding the complexity, abstraction level, and ambiguity of the item material. The presented research attempts to overcome these limitations by developing a new pictorial questionnaire. Study 1 describes the construction process of the Nonverbal Vocational Interest Scale (NVIS) and its psychometric properties, evaluation, and construct validation. Data from N = 363 adolescents and young adults in lower secondary school and vocational training centres were considered. Study 2 was conducted to confirm convergent and discriminant validity. N = 237 adolescents and young adults completed the revised form of the NVIS and the Photo-Interest-Inventory (F-I-T). The results confirm that the NVIS is a reliable and valid computer-based instrument for assessing vocational interests. Limitations and implications for further research and use in vocational training and counselling settings are discussed.

摘要

职业兴趣清单在支持青少年和年轻人的职业选择方面发挥着重要作用。然而，现有的口头和图片问卷在项目材料的复杂性、抽象程度和模糊性方面存在局限性。所提出的研究试图通过开发一种新的图形问卷来克服这些限制。研究 1 描述了非语言职业兴趣量表 (NVIS) 的构建过程及其心理测量特性、评估和构建验证。考虑了来自N = 363 名初中和职业培训中心的青少年和年轻人的数据。进行研究 2 以确认收敛效度和区分效度。ñ= 237 名青少年和年轻人完成了 NVIS 和照片兴趣清单 (FIT) 的修订表格。结果证实，NVIS 是一种可靠且有效的基于计算机的职业兴趣评估工具。讨论了在职业培训和咨询环境中进一步研究和使用的局限性和影响。