The Vocational Personality of School Psychologists in the United States

Abstract

This study represents the first empirical test of the vocational personality of US school psychologists. Specifically, we investigated the personality of school psychologists using Holland's (1997) well-researched theory of vocational personalities and work environments. The sample consisted of 241 randomly selected members of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP). The Self-Directed Search (Holland, 1994) was used to identify personality types. Results offered general support for the three-letter vocational personality code for school psychologists that is listed in the Dictionary of Holland Occupational Codes (Gottfredson and Holland, 1996).

Keywords

career development Holland's theory personality school psychologist vocational development vocational personality

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