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ABSTRACT
Exploring the career-interest profiles of students has both practical and theoretical significance; however, a minimal amount of research has been conducted to address this issue. The present study combined latent profile analysis and differentiation values to investigate the career-interest profiles of 13,853 junior-high-school students. The results indicate that while the students’ interests could be stratified into 25 profiles, 44.6% of students could be classified the as having low-differentiation profiles (such as like or dislike all types of vocational activities) and 24.9% of students could be classified the as having the artistic-social (like both artistic and social types of activities) profile. In addition, the proportions of females and males differed significantly among the profiles, but different grades did not. The proportion of males was higher for all three low-differentiation groups than of female proportions. Implications for career practices and future research are proposed.
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Yu-Wen Cheng http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9561-8492
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Yao-Ting Sung
Yao-Ting Sung is a Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling at National Taiwan Normal University. Dr. Sung's research interests include Educational Psychology, Psychological and Educational Testing, Computer Assisted Learning, Computer Assisted Testing and Assessment Mixed Methodology, Career Information Analysis and Application. He directs several labs including Readability of text, Cognitively Diagnostic Tests, e-learning, and Career Assessment.
Yu-Wen Cheng
Yu-Wen Cheng is a doctoral student in the Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling at National Taiwan Normal University. Her main research interests are in career assessments and career guidance.
Jen-Hu Hsueh
Jen-Hu Hsueh is a doctoral student in the Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling at National Taiwan Normal University. His main research interests are in item response theory and structural equation model.