Title page for ETD etd-10142005-135813
|Type of Document
||Ivy, Robert J.
||Personality patterns and vocational interests of learning disabled and nonlearning disabled high school students
||Doctor of Education
||Student Personnel Services
|Hohenshil, Thomas H.
|Humes, Charles W. II
|Brown, Douglas T.
|Malpass, Peter G.
|McKeen, Ronald L.
|Miles, Johnnie H.
- Vocational interests
- Learning disabled teenagers Psychology
- Personality assessment of teenagers
- High school students Psychology
|Date of Defense
There is a lack of research based data in the
field of learning disabilities, especially at the
secondary level. The purpose of this study was to
evaluate personality configuration patterns and
vocational interests through the administration of the
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Abbreviated Version (AV)
and the Self-Directed Search, Form E (EASY) for
learning disabled (LD) and non-learning disabled (NLD)
students. The sample included 90 LD students and 100
Non-LD students grades 9 through 12 in a large suburban
school system. Research questions considered: (1)
differences in personality and vocational interest
between LD and NLD students; (2) age and gender of LD
and NLD students in relationship to vocational
interests; (3) relationship between personality
patterns and vocational interests between LD and NLD
students. Treatment of the data used both descriptive
and inferential statistical analyses. Analyses relied
on categorical data, and the chi-square test was the
statistical test used. Demographics provided data on
groups regarding ability level and reading achievement
scores related to occupational preferences and gender
characteristics. Results indicated that no significant
personality differences existed between LD and NLD
adolescents. It was found, after looking at all
possible interactions between vocational preferences
and personality, age, grade, and gender, that
significant differences occurred with gender and
vocational preferences for both LD/NLD groups.
Additionally, EI and TF differences in vocational
preferences existed for LD and NLD students. EI and TF
differences between LD and NLD career preference showed
LD I's and T's prefer mechanical careers, whereas NLD
I's and T's prefer teaching and sales. This is
correlated with gender preference of LD males for
mechanical (non interactive careers), whereas NLD
prefer interactive careers
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