THE IMPACT OF THE PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT IN ADOLESCENTS CAREER CHOICE
Keywords:
adolescent, personality, professional interests, Holland questionnaireAbstract
The aim of the research was to demonstrate
the  existence  of  an  association  between  social
background of the subjects, their personality and the
their careers choice, assuming that there is a correlation
between career choice ( RIASEC type ) and professional
interests priority , and also that there is a significant
difference between students who live in urban areas
compared to those living in rural backgroud and their
career choice. To achieve the present study we used a
random sample consisting of 98 subjects aged between
16 and 19 years , students of class XI and XII of a batch
of 56 from urban and 42 from the rural areas. The study
is based on results obtained through two questionnaires,
Holland Vocational Interest Inventory and the Eysenck
Personality Inventory. Subjects were interviewed in the
presence of an operator involved in research and in the
presence of a teacher. Subjects were informed about the
research prior to their consent to conduct the research.
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