SVIB Scores and Accident Proneness
- 16 July 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance
- Vol. 7 (2) , 118-121
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00256307.1974.12022630
Abstract
A review of five interrelated studies showed that certain preselected SVIB occupational scales were indicative of life styles related to accident incurrence. The hypothetical formulation underlying these studies was that vocational interest scores reflect enduring personal characteristics, or life styles, as well as occupational interests. Rates of accident incurrence (using different criterion and different populations) were consistently highest for those having aviator scale scores substantially higher than banker scale scores. These findings support a position that accident incurrence may be more a function of life style than an expression of psychopathology. The findings also support the position that occupational interest scores may be used as indicators of enduring personality characteristics or traits.Keywords
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