COMPREHENSIVE INTERESTS MEASUREMENT IN COUNSELING FOR CONGRUENCE

This article suggests that counselors measure vocational interests by using three interest inventories: the Ramak Interest Inventory, the Co urses Interest Inventory, and the Self-Directed Search (Holland, 1985) . Some implications from studies on (a) vocational congruence, (b) env ironmental congruence, (c) the structure of occupational fields and (d ) within-occupation congruence are discussed. Five defense mechanisms for clients who happen to be in an incongruent occupation or environme nt are presented.