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Summers, Jessica J.; Falco, Lia D. – Journal of Career Development, 2022
This study presents an exemplar for psychometric evaluation and modification of established measures when applied to new populations. Specifically, we describe the use of two subscales (Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale and Math/Science Self-Efficacy Scale) from the Middle School Self-Efficacy Scale (MSSES) as outcome measures in an…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Self Efficacy, High School Students, Psychometrics
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Park, In-Jo; Han, Kyueun; Ryu, Kyung – Journal of Career Development, 2021
Future time perspective, like self-efficacy, can be understood both generally and domain specifically. Keeping this in mind, the current study aimed at developing and validating a Career Future Time Perspective Scale. In Study 1, we utilized an exploratory factor analysis and the Rasch rating model to ensure the construct validity of a Career…
Descriptors: Time Perspective, Self Efficacy, Futures (of Society), Factor Analysis
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Ho, Esther Sui Chu; Sum, Kwok Wing – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2018
This study aims to construct and validate the Career and Educational Decision Self-Efficacy Inventory for Secondary Students (CEDSIS) by using a sample of 2,631 students in Hong Kong. Principal component analysis yielded a three-factor structure, which demonstrated good model fit in confirmatory factor analysis. High reliability was found for the…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Self Concept Measures, Test Construction, Test Validity
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Deer, LillyBelle K.; Gohn, Kelsey; Kanaya, Tomoe – Education & Training, 2018
Purpose: Current college students in the USA are reporting higher levels of anxiety over career planning than previous generations, placing pressure on colleges to provide effective career development opportunities for their students. Research has consistently found that increasing career-related self-efficacy is particularly effective at…
Descriptors: College Students, Career Planning, Career Development, Anxiety
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Shin, Yun-Jeong; Lee, Ji-Yeon – Journal of Career Development, 2017
The purpose of this study was to examine the cross-cultural validity of the effects of attachment, career-choice pessimism, and intrinsic motivation on career adaptability (CA) in American (n = 198) and Korean (n = 294) college students. We hypothesized that the association between attachment and CA is sequentially mediated by career-choice…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Predictor Variables, Attachment Behavior, Cross Cultural Studies
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Sadeghi, Ahmad; Baghban, Iran; Bahrami, Fatemeh; Ahmadi, Ahmad; Creed, Peter – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2011
A short 33-item form of the Career Development Inventory was validated on a sample of 310 Iranian high school students. Factor analysis indicated that attitude and cognitive subscale items loaded on their respective factors, and that internal reliability coefficients at all levels were satisfactory to good. Support for validity was demonstrated by…
Descriptors: Vocational Maturity, Self Efficacy, Reliability, Factor Analysis