Validation of the vocational capacity scale utilizing institutionalized retardates.
NARIC Accession Number: O01340. What's this?Download article in Full Text . Author(s):Dayan, Maurice. Publication Year: 1968. Number of Pages: 138. Abstract: This 3-year study examined the reliability and validity of the Vocational Capacity Scale (VCS) as a measure of the vocational potential of young adults with mental retardation residing in state institutions. Three hundred sixty-six residents were administered the VCS twice, one year apart. At the end of 2 years, the subjects were assigned to 1 of 3 criterion groups: day care, sheltered employed, and competitively employed. Reliability coefficients were computed for each measure. Validity was measured by comparing the VCS measure among the criterion groups. A factor analysis was conducted to determine what the VCS measured. Results indicated that the VCS maintained it high level of reliability and validity in the institutional setting. When administered to institutionalized individuals with mental retardation, the VCS measured 4 factors: non-intellectual routine work, general ability, general health, and social maturity. Descriptor Terms: DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, EMPLOYABILITY, INSTITUTIONALIZATION, MEASUREMENTS, MENTAL RETARDATION, TESTS, VOCATIONAL EVALUATION.
Citation: Dayan, Maurice. (1968). Validation of the vocational capacity scale utilizing institutionalized retardates. Retrieved 2/9/2010, from REHABDATA database.
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