The correspondence of interests and self-estimates of ability with occupational choice was examined in a nationally representative sample of high school seniors (N = 4,679). Correspondence was examined with D. J. Prediger's (1982) things-people and data-ideas dimensions on interests, ability self-estimates, and occupational choice by means of canonical correlation analyses. Interests and abilities were found to have a high level of correspondence with occupational choice and to overlap in their correspondence with occupational choice. Interests were found to have a higher correspondence to occupational choice than ability self-estimates. Career certainty, gender, and ethnicity were examined as moderating effects, resulting in support only for ethnicity being a moderator.

Monitoring psychotherapy treatment outcome has become a recommended activity for training and practice. Despite the apparent success of continuous outcome assessment (or "client feedback") in improving client outcome, little research exists concerning its utility in supervision. The purpose the study presented here was to determine if the use of client feedback data during supervision would influence the supervisory process and treatment outcome. Trainees (n = 44) administered the Partners for Change Outcome Management System (PCOMS) to clients and were assigned to a continuous feedback supervisory condition or a no-feedback supervisory condition. Results indicated that trainees who used client feedback data during supervision reported greater satisfaction with supervision than did trainees who did not discuss client feedback with their supervisor. However, supervisory alliance score differ ences were not statistically significant. Results also indicated that client outcomes were similar across supervisory conditions. Implications of the findings, as well as limitations and future studies, are addressed.

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