Valores humanos e interesses vocacionais: Um estudo correlacional1

Abstract

The manner students' vocational interests are linked to their value priorities is analyzed. Participants comprised 307 undergraduate students, mean age 16 years (SD = 1.60), from private and public schools of João Pessoa PB Brazil. They answered the Vocational Interest Inventory (UNIACT), Basic Value Survey (BVS), and demographic questions. Results show correlations between vocational interests and human values. These findings may be discussed as a result of the congruencies among the descriptive traits of the two constructs.