Abstract
The aim of this study was to describe the hexagonal person-environment fit for the Holland personality types for a Greek sample of 156 university students. The statistical analysis followed both exploratory—such as multidimensional scaling—and confirmatory methods—such as covariance structure models. These methods were employed in an exploratory sense, in a descriptive attempt to portray Holland’s hexagon structure for this Greek sample. The findings of this study are comparable to the overall theory and other international samples, and also serve as a first psychometric testing of the Self-Directed Search in a Greek population.
Résumé.
Le modèle hexagonal de la personnalité de Holland appliqué à un échantillon d’étudiants universitaires grecs. Le but de cette étude était de décrire le degré d’ajustement personne-environnement selon le modèle des types de personnalité de Holland dans un échantillon grec de 156 étudiants universitaires. L’analyse statistique a combiné des méthodes exploratoires—comme le multidimensional scaling—et confirmatoires—comme des modèles de structure de covariances. Ces méthodes ont été utilisées dans une perspective exploratoire, en vue de dépeindre descriptivement la structure de l’hexagone de Holland de cet échantillon grec. Les résultats de cette étude sont comparables à la théorie générale et à ce que l’on trouve sur d’autres échantillons internationaux; ils constituent également le premier testing psychométrique du Self-Directed Search sur une population grecque.
Zusammenfassung.
Hollands hexagonales Persönlichkeitsmodell bei einer Stichprobe griechischer Studenten. Das Ziel dieser Untersuchung war die Bestätigung der Anwendbarkeit des hexagonalen Person-Umwelt-Konzepts der Persönlichkeitstypen nach Holland für eine Stichprobe von 156 griechischen Universitätsstudenten. Die statistische Analyse verwendete sowohl befragende—wie z.B. multidimensionale Einschätzungen—als auch bestätigende Methoden—wie z.B. Kovarianz-Strukturmodelle. Diese Methoden wurden in einem erforschenden Sinn angewendet, in einem beschreibenden Versuch zur Darstellung von Hollands Hexagonal-Struktur für diese griechische Stichprobe. Die Ergebnisse dieser Untersuchung sind vergleichbar mit der zu Grunde liegenden Theorie und anderen internationalen Ergebnissen, und sie dienen als erste psychometrische Testung der SDS (Self-Directed Search) bei einer griechischen Gruppe.
Resumen.
El Modelo Hexagonal de Holland aplicado a una Muestra de Estudiantes Universitarios Griegos. La finalidad de este estudio fue describir el ajuste entre la persona y el ambiente de los tipos de personalidad de Holland (modelo hexagonal) en una muetra de 156 estudiantes universitarios. Paea el análisis estadístico se aplicaron métodos tanto exploratorios—como el escalado multidimensional—multidimensional scaling—como confirmatorios—como los modelos estructurales de co-varianza. Estos métodos se usaron en un sentido exploratorio, con la intención de describir la estructura hexagonal en esta muestra griega. Los resultados de este estudio son comparables con la teoría general y con su aplicación a otras muestras internacionales, y sirven también como una primera evaluación psicométrica de la Búsqueda Auto-Dirigida (Self-Directed Search) en una población griega.
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Sidiropoulou-Dimakakou, D., Mylonas, K. & Argyropoulou, K. Holland’s hexagonal personality model for a sample of Greek university students. Int J Educ Vocat Guidance 8, 111–125 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-008-9141-0
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