Medicine as a Career Choice and Holland's Theory: Do Race and Sex Make a Difference?.

Henry, Paul; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ363312

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Publication Date: 1987

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Medicine as a Career Choice and Holland's Theory: Do Race and Sex Make a Difference?

Henry, Paul; And Others

Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, v15 n4 p161-70 Oct 1987

Explored Holland's congruency construct and effect of sex and race on Self-Directed Search response patterns in 29 black and 31 white undergraduates or postgraduate students enrolled in a Medical Education Preparatory Program. Results clearly support congruency of sample's code with the criterion code of Holland's sample, providing support for Holland's characteristic profile for physicians. (NB)

Descriptors: Black Students, Career Choice, College Students, Congruence (Psychology), Higher Education, Personality Traits, Physicians, Racial Differences, Sex Differences, White Students

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Self Directed Search

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