Abstract

DE ANDRADE, Regina Gioconda; PORTO NORONHA, Ana Paula  and  FERRAZ DE CAMPOS, Roberta Ramazotti. Scale of Objects for Occupational Preferences: relations with Scale of Professional Counseling (EAP). Psicol. caribe [online]. 2013, vol.30, n.3, pp.478-494. ISSN 2011-7485.

The process of career guidance implies knowledge of the individual and the labor market in order to facilitate decision making. The one of the challenges for specialists in the field is the development of tools which bring together the Psychological Assessment and Vocational Guidance. The amount of Brazilian instruments that propose to assess the interest in scientific standards considered adequate is scarce. The goal of this study was to examine relationships between the instruments Scale Preferences Objects for Occupational (EPOOc) and Professional Counseling Scale (eap). The sample consisted of 553 participants, aged 19 to 52 years, several courses at a private university in the state of Sao Paulo. The results showed, in general, that the activities in courses associated with the preference for using objects in related professions. It is suggested that further studies with diverse samples and the use of other instruments further research.

Keywords : Professional interests; psychological testing; vocational guidance; occupational environment.

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