The Utility of Career and Personality Assessment in Predicting Academic Progress
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-2002
Abstract
We examined the ability of four career and personality assessment inventories to predict students’ first-year college performance and persistence. Among our sample of 677 college freshmen who enrolled in a freshman orientation course, subscales from the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Strong Interest Inventory, and Social Skills Inventory uniquely predicted first-year college GPA, and subscales from these three instruments and the Career Factors Inventory uniquely contributed to the prediction of freshman-to-sophomore persistence, each after controlling for ACT/SAT scores. Our findings suggest that college counseling and career center staff may provide valuable retention-promotion efforts by helping to identify students at risk for poor academic performance or attrition on the basis of commonly used career and personality assessment inventories.
Recommended Citation
Kahn, Jeffrey H.; Nauta, Margaret M.; Gailbreath, R. Dennis; Tipps, Jane; and Chartrand, Judy M., "The Utility of Career and Personality Assessment in Predicting Academic Progress" (2002). Faculty Publications – Psychology. 28.
https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/fppsych/28
Comments
This article was originally published as Kahn, J. H., Nauta, M. M., Gailbreath, R. D., Tipps, J., & Chartrand, J. M. (2002). The utility of career and personality assessment in predicting academic progress. Journal of Career Assessment, 10(1), 3–23. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069072702010001001.