Sex differences in changing sex-stereotyped vocational interests.

Tested the hypothesis of a cross-sex equalization of vocational interests in the college population (college women, in particular) by comparing 150 female and 150 male college counselees with the "women in general" and "men in general" samples of the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory on all 153 General Theme, Basic Interest, and Occupational scales. Contrary to prediction, college females differed little from women in general; however, college males were significantly more interested in artistic areas of work and significantly less interested in realistic and enterprising areas than were men in general. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)