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Iconographic Professional Interests Inventory (3IP): A new validation study

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Boerchi, Diego
Magnano, Paola

Abstract / Description

Interests have been a central focus of counselling psychology (and vocational psychology in particular) for over 100 years. The awareness of professional interests increases self-knowledge and provides occupational information. In career counselling, vocational interests are assessed more frequently than any other vocational construct, though early evaluations (before 13 years old) of professional interests are very rare. The aim of this research is to examine the 3IP construct (Iconographic Professional Interests Inventory; an inventory composed of 65 stylised pictures that represent people in the act of performing a job) in depth, testing more models in addition to the 19 vocational areas proposed in the 3IP manual. Results show that most of the vocational areas can be grouped into 4 second-level areas (“things”, “people”, “leisure”, and “culture”). Moreover, Holland’s RIASEC model is tested; an accurate selection of items reveals that this model works well using 24 specific jobs. The research concludes that the inventory has good psychometric qualities which can grow further by mean of the increasing, in a targeted way, of the number of jobs.

Keyword(s)

vocational interests development vocational interests assessment children Holland’s model psychometrics

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Date of first publication

2015-11-27

Journal title

Europe's Journal of Psychology

Volume

11

Issue

4

Page numbers

571–596

Publisher

PsychOpen GOLD

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publishedVersion

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peerReviewed

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Boerchi, D., & Magnano, P. (2015). Iconographic Professional Interests Inventory (3IP): A new validation study. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 11(4), 571–596. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v11i4.927
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Boerchi, Diego
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Magnano, Paola
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2018-11-21T09:59:33Z
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    2018-11-21T09:59:33Z
  • Date of first publication
    2015-11-27
  • Abstract / Description
    Interests have been a central focus of counselling psychology (and vocational psychology in particular) for over 100 years. The awareness of professional interests increases self-knowledge and provides occupational information. In career counselling, vocational interests are assessed more frequently than any other vocational construct, though early evaluations (before 13 years old) of professional interests are very rare. The aim of this research is to examine the 3IP construct (Iconographic Professional Interests Inventory; an inventory composed of 65 stylised pictures that represent people in the act of performing a job) in depth, testing more models in addition to the 19 vocational areas proposed in the 3IP manual. Results show that most of the vocational areas can be grouped into 4 second-level areas (“things”, “people”, “leisure”, and “culture”). Moreover, Holland’s RIASEC model is tested; an accurate selection of items reveals that this model works well using 24 specific jobs. The research concludes that the inventory has good psychometric qualities which can grow further by mean of the increasing, in a targeted way, of the number of jobs.
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  • Publication status
    publishedVersion
  • Review status
    peerReviewed
  • Citation
    Boerchi, D., & Magnano, P. (2015). Iconographic Professional Interests Inventory (3IP): A new validation study. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 11(4), 571–596. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v11i4.927
  • ISSN
    1841-0413
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/977
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1169
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychOpen GOLD
  • Is version of
    https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v11i4.927
  • Keyword(s)
    vocational interests development
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  • Keyword(s)
    vocational interests assessment
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  • Keyword(s)
    children
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  • Keyword(s)
    Holland’s model
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  • Keyword(s)
    psychometrics
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Iconographic Professional Interests Inventory (3IP): A new validation study
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  • DRO type
    article
  • Issue
    4
  • Journal title
    Europe's Journal of Psychology
  • Page numbers
    571–596
  • Volume
    11
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