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Test-Retest Reliability and Validity Studies of the Skills Confidence Inventory.
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Parsons, Elizabeth; Betz, Nancy E. – Journal of Career Assessment, 1998
One group of 113 college students took the Skills Confidence Inventory twice in three weeks; 218 took it once. Test-retest reliability and content validity were supported by the results. Confirmatory factor analyses suggested the inventory's fit with Holland's six-factor structure. (SK)
Descriptors: College Students, Content Validity, Expectation, Higher Education
Sources of Social Self-Efficacy Expectations: Their Measurement and Relation to Career Development.
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Anderson, Steven L.; Betz, Nancy E. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2001
Measures of self-efficacy and social confidence and a scale of self-efficacy sources were completed by 250 college students. The four sources subscales were internally consistent and related to relevant criterion measures. Three sources of self-efficacy information (past performance, emotional arousal, social persuasion) clustered together…
Descriptors: Career Development, Expectation, Self Efficacy, Self Esteem
Efficacy and Outcome Expectations Influence Career Exploration and Decidedness.
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Betz, Nancy E.; Voyten, Karla Klein – Career Development Quarterly, 1997
Examines the extent to which career decision-making efficacy and outcome expectations relate to career indecision and exploration intentions. Results, based on a multiple regression model and 350 participants, indicate that self-efficacy beliefs are the best predictor of career indecision, whereas outcome expectations are the best predictor of…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Exploration