Influence of the Holland Vocational Aptitude Type on the Academic Achievement of Nursing Students
AUTHORS
Mi Won Kim,Department of Nursing, Sang-Myung University
Jeong-Mo Park,Department of Nursing, Kyung-In Women’s University
ABSTRACT
To identify the validity of Holland’s vocational theory among nursing students and predict the factors influencing academic achievement and major satisfaction based on the Holland Vocational Aptitude Test. Methods: To identify vocational aptitude, we used the Holland’s vocational aptitude test. To identify major satisfaction, we used the revised Korean version of a questionnaire based on the inventory. Major academic achievement was assessed using nursing students’ report cards from their third and fourth years. The data were collected between November to December 2015 from students in three universities; 405 students’ data were analyzed. Results: 1) Academic Achievement was highly congruent with Enterprise (E), Investigative (I), and Social (S) personality types and less congruent with Artistic (A) and Realistic (R) types. 2) Among the vocational achievement type points, Investigative (I) and Social (S) points had a positive influence on academic achievement, while Artistic (A) and Realistic (R) points had a negative influence. Conclusion: Although Social types (S) are presented as the nursing personality type, we found that people high on Enterprise (E) and Investigative (I) types also reported high satisfaction with their major and showed academic achievement as per Holland’s codes; therefore, they can be seen as suitable personality types for nursing majors. Those who were Artistic (A) and Realistic (R) types showed low satisfaction and achievement; therefore, can be seen as unsuitable. These results can be used as a career guidance reference for prospective and current nursing students. Further research that confirms aptitude codes for nurses is required.
KEYWORDS
Vocational, Personality, Holland's theory, Academic, Achievement, Nursing
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