This hypothesis predicts that the prototypical distances in the multidimensional area between the adjacent types (R-I; I-A; A-S; S-E; E-C and C-R) is greater than the distance between the alternate types (e.g., R-A; I-S; A-E; S-C; E-R and C-I); which in turn is greater than the distance between the opposite types (e.g., R-S; I-E and C-A ( Holland, 1996 , 1997 ; Rounds & Tracey, 1996 ; Tracey, Watanabe, & Schneider, 1997 …show more content…
Mansão and Yoshida (2006) , for instance, reports evidence of validity related to the SDS's internal structure. Other studies using SDS found evidence of validity for using the RIASEC model in Brazil, especially as related to external variables, which are important to understanding career types such as: personality ( Nunes & Noronha, 2009 ; Primi et al., 2002 ; Primi, Moggi, & Casellato, 2004 ); career choice ( Nunes & Noronha, 2009 ; Sartori, Noronha, Godoy, & Ambiel, 2010 ); other measures of interest ( Primi et al., 2002 , 2010 ); self-efficacy for occupational activities ( Nunes & Noronha, 2009 ); cognitive skills ( Nunes & Noronha, 2009 ; Primi et al., 2002 ); sex, school year ( Sartori, Noronha, & Nunes, 2009 ), and parents' education ( Noronha & Ottati, 2010