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Wayne R. Blinne is Research Study Coordinator in the Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center at the University of Washington. Joseph A. Johnston is Professor of Educational and Counseling Psychology in the Center for Research in Career Psychology at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Joseph A. Johnston, 305 Noyes Building, Columbia, MO 65211; edcojaj@showme.missouri.edu