Supplemental Information:

n/a

Assessment Type:

Inventory/Questionnaire

Scale:

Likert 5-point scale

Publication Date:

Jun 09, 2025

Respondent:

student

Domain(s) Evaluated:

Engagement, Career Knowledge / Acquisition

Sample items:

Reliability:

Validity:

Frequency:

Rarely

Administration time:

0 minutes

Requires a Computer:

No

Requires Internet Access:

No

Primary reference:

Hao, T., Li, J., Qiu, Z. et al. Preliminary development of a professional interest scale for high school students. Curr Psychol 44, 3458–3468 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-024-07262-0

Comments:

Criterion-related Validity: Correlations between the dimensions of the High School Student Interest Scale and Self-direction scale (SDS)–China Form (SDS–China; Long et al., 1996) were calculated. Six pairs of dimensions—Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional—showed moderate correlations. Internal Consistency: The scale’s overall Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was 0.936, while the range for the 10 dimensions was 0.794–0.898. Split-half Reliability: The split-half reliability correlation coefficient of the 10 dimensions ranged from 0.791 to 0.914, while that of the total scale was 0.961.

STEM Criteria

Science

Yes

Technology

Yes

Engineering

Yes

Math

Yes