Structure of Interests in Japan:

Abstract

Japanese college students (N = 2,492) completed the translated Personal Globe Inventory (PGI: T.J.G. Tracey, 2002b) Occupational Tide scales, and the structural validity of vocational interests was examined. Support was provided for the RIASEC (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social. Enterprising, Conventional), octant, and spherical structure of the PGI Occupational Title scales. In addition, there were no structural differences found between men and women.