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Strong Interest Inventory Essay

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Critique of the Strong Interest Inventory
Vertrina E. Grubbs
Troy University
Critique of the Strong Interest Inventory
Hansen (1987) identifies Edward Kellog Strong, Jr. as the first author of the Strong Interest Inventory in 1927. He also recognizes Strong as the first psychologist to devote his career to the study and measurement of vocational interests and for the development of one of the most widely used vocational assessments. Leierer, Blackwell, Strohmer, Thompson and Donnay (2008) indicated that the assessment underwent several revisions and referred to the inventory as being scientifically sound, well researched and the most widely used interest inventories, most recently revised in 2005. Erford and Crockett (2012) predicted that the future of the career development and intervention specialty counseling area is bright, indeed!
Historical Overview
Donnay (1997) …show more content…

(2017) requires that examiners have a master’s degree or a doctoral degree in psychology or a related field, and/or possess a specific state license, or national or state certification to be considered qualified to administer, interpret and apply the results of the Strong Interest Inventory.
Case and Blackwell (2008) encourages career counselors, psychologists and others to incorporate the use of the Strong Interest Inventory because it is well designed and will provide clients with a plethora of information to consider as well as provide them with the resources they need to make an informed decision about their career.
Garis and Li (2015) present a trio of basic requirements of individual career counseling including (1) process: the counseling relationship, reflecting, considering internal information of the client, and the process of making decisions, (2) information: external educational as well as career information, and (3) assessment: internal information from the client about their personality, interests, values and skills.
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