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Ability-interest Relationships

Ability-Interest Relationships is a theoretical construct in career and educational psychology that characterizes the reciprocal associations between an individual's demonstrated competencies and their enduring preferences for engaging in specific types of activities, distinguishing it from related constructs by focusing on the interplay between skill proficiency and motivational orientation within vocational and academic development.

242

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29.6K

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457

Authors

225

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2017–2026

39

Parents

Publications

242

Toward a Unifying Social Cognitive Theory of Career and Academic Interest, Choice, and Performance

Robert W. Lent, Steven D. Brown, Gail Hackett · Journal of Vocational Behavior · 1994 · 7.3K citations

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Knowledge and Human Interests.

Howard L. Parsons, Jeremy J. Shapiro · Philosophy and Phenomenological Research · 1972 · 2.6K citations

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Knowledge and Human Interests

Steven Lukes · British Journal of Sociology · 1972 · 2.4K citations

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Knowledge and Human Interests.

Elizabeth Vallance, Jeremy J. Shapiro · The Philosophical Quarterly · 1973 · 907 citations

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Predicting success in college: A longitudinal study of achievement goals and ability measures as predictors of interest and performance from freshman year through graduation.

Judith M. Harackiewicz, Kenneth E. Barron, John M. Tauer et al. · Journal of Educational Psychology · 2002 · 878 citations

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Authors

457

  1. TJ
    Terence J. G. Tracey

    Arizona State University, United States

    12 publications · 1K citations

    12

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  2. FH
    Fred H. Borgen

    Iowa State University, United States

    7 publications · 302 citations

    7

    h-index

  3. PL
    Phillip L. Ackerman

    Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

    6 publications · 487 citations

    6

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  4. RW
    Robert W. Lent

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    5 publications · 7.9K citations

    5

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  5. SD
    Steven D. Brown

    Loyola University Chicago, United States

    4 publications · 7.8K citations

    4

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Institutions

225

  1. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    12 h-index

    16 publications

    23.2K citations

  2. Iowa State University

    Ames, United States

    8 h-index

    18 publications

    965 citations

  3. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    22.7K citations

  4. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    425 citations

  5. Universität der Bundeswehr München

    Munich, Germany

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    1.2K citations

  6. University of Technology Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    110 citations

  7. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    1.5K citations

  8. Georgia Institute of Technology

    Atlanta, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    473 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Vocational Behavior

    25 publications · 8.8K citations

    20

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  2. Journal of Career Assessment

    16 publications · 818 citations

    15

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  3. Journal of Counseling Psychology

    17 publications · 1.2K citations

    15

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  4. Journal of Applied Psychology

    18 publications · 548 citations

    14

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  5. Journal of Educational Psychology

    12 publications · 1.8K citations

    11

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