Rankings and Ratings of Values: Counseling Uses Suggested by Factoring Two Types of Scales for Female and Male Eleventh Grade Students

Abstract

This study examines the factor structure of rankings and ratings of three sets of values to illustrate how counselors can use them in working with female and male adolescent clients. The analyses of gender-related differences in rankings and ratings give counselors both within and between individual perspectives from which to explore the values students consider important in decisions to select an occupation, to marry, and to become a parent.