Personality Type Differentiation of Employed Versus Unemployed Clients

Abstract

The 16 Personality Factors (16 PF) Test was used to determine if personality variables were significantly different for employed and unemployed clients. The results of the study indicate that demographic data failed to demonstrate any significant difference but that four factors on the 16 PF were found to be significant. Results should be of great interest to all professionals concerned with evaluation, adjustment, and/or placement of rehabilitation clients.

Assessment and Screening: Identifying Successful Participants in Employment and Training Programs

“…Participants who successfully completed each phase of the program tended to have more dependents than those who did not. This finding was similar to that of Jones and Hearn (1980), who also reported that the number of dependents differentiated between employed and unemployed clients in a vocational rehabilitation program. Overall, vocabulary and mathematics test scores were better differentiators than were aptitude test scores.…”