John Holland’s RIASEC theory of workplace personality posits that most people resemble a combination of six personality types. The Self-Directed Search® provides the user with a Summary Code that represents the three personality types to which they are most similar. The Leisure Activities Finder™ (LAF) includes a listing of leisure activities, with corresponding codes, which allows users to search for activities that match their Summary Code. During a recent revision of the LAF, the authors developed a list of new activities to be included and assigned codes to them. In a validation study, participants rated activities corresponding to their Summary Code and corresponding to their opposite code. Overall, they rated activities corresponding to their code to be relatable and interesting. Implications for career counseling are discussed, as well as the potential for use of the LAF across the life span.
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