blog posts Gender differences in vocational interests decrease with age Mar 27, 2018 1:30 pm by news@illinois.eduResearch Share on Facebook Tweet Email While males’ and females’ occupational interests diverge sharply during early adolescence, they converge as people age, according to a new study led by University of Illinois industrial-organizational psychology graduate student Kevin Hoff and James Rounds, who is a professor of educational psychology and of psychology. Images Gender differences in vocational interests increase drastically during puberty but tend to decrease across the lifespan, a new study found. Share on Facebook Tweet Email