%0 Journal Article
%T The Role of Ability in the Selection of Majors
%A Betool Bashir Ridha
%A Bryan Vincent Redmond
%A Patrick I. Armstrong
%A Wyndolyn M. A. Ludwikowski
%J Journal of Career Assessment
%@ 1552-4590
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1069072718758067
%X The current study examined the extent to which ability provides incremental validity to the prediction of major choice beyond what is predicted by measures of personality, self-efficacy, and interests. College students at a large, Midwestern university completed the Ability Profiler after which they completed personality, self-efficacy, and interest measures. Through multinomial logistical regression analyses, ability was found to add some incremental validity (1.5% increase in variance explained), when combined with personality, interest, and self-efficacy measures, to the prediction of major choice. Interests and self-efficacy served as impactful predictors, with personality contributing some influence. This finding illustrates that career counselors should continue to assess clientsĄŻ interests and self-efficacy when helping them make career decisions. Additional research should be conducted to assess the utility of other ability measures in the career counseling process
%K ability
%K personality
%K interests
%K self-efficacy
%K major choice
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1069072718758067