ERIC Number: EJ743977
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 23
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ISSN: ISSN-1069-0727
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High School Students' Career Decision-Making Process: Development and Validation of the Study Choice Task Inventory
Germeijs, Veerle; Verschueren, Karine
Journal of Career Assessment, v14 n4 p449-471 2006
During adolescence, one important career-related decision is the choice of a study in higher education. In this article, a new set of measures for different tasks (i.e., orientation, exploration, commitment) that can be distinguished during this career decision-making process was constructed: the Study Choice Task Inventory (SCTI). A sample of 946 high school students (Grade 11 and Grade 12) participated in this study. Results provided support for the construct validity of the SCTI from (a) the examination of the internal structure of the SCTI (confirmatory factor analysis), (b) the investigation of the convergent validity through correlations between the new scales and alternative measures of decisional tasks, and (c) the comparison of the scores across samples in a known-groups validation. (Contains 4 notes, 5 tables, and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: High School Students, Career Choice, Decision Making, Adolescents, Higher Education, Measures (Individuals), Construct Validity, Grade 11, Grade 12, Factor Analysis, Correlation, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Student Behavior, Test Reliability, Rating Scales, College Bound Students, Majors (Students), Test Construction
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 11; Grade 12; High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Belgium
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