Possibilities of Using the AIP Test in Discovering Professional Interests in the School Context

Isaías Silvestre Sitoe

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Possibilities of Using the AIP Test in Discovering Professional Interests in the School Context

Isaías Silvestre Sitoe^*

Published in American Journal of Applied Psychology (Volume 14, Issue 5)

Received: 2 July 2025 Accepted: 18 August 2025 Published: 9 December 2025

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The field of professional interests is broad and complex, circumscribed by different theoretical and technical perspectives, with an impact on the construction of individuals' careers. Specifically, psychological assessment in Professional and Career Guidance aims to generate results for reflection and self-knowledge so that the client can realize their potential and rewrite their life story. The research was based on the quantitative method and involved a probabilistic accessibility sample of 100 participants who are 12th grade students at the general secondary level. Where in this sample of participants it ranged from the following age groups (17-18 years old) to females, which had fifty-nine (59) participants, which is equivalent to fifty-nine percent (59%), in the same female gender it ranged from nineteen to twenty two (19-22) years old, of the forty one participants who corresponded to forty one percent (41%), of which the AIP test (research) was applied. Regarding the results of the study, it was found that in the SS dimensions, females have the highest average of 4,625, while males have 4,250. Not only does the study reveal that in all dimensions in SS, those of sex F are in averages higher than those of the M sex, and in the GP dimension, the same. However, high school students are at a stage where they want to define themselves as a person, through the experiences that occur at all times, it is a period of internal conflicts and crises that reflect externally, especially in family relationships.

Published in	American Journal of Applied Psychology (Volume 14, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajap.20251405.11
Page(s)	141-149
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Assessment of Professional Interests, Professional Vocational Guidance, Professional Choice

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