scholarly journals Validation of the German Career Decision-Making Profile—An Updated 12-Factor Version

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharina Ebner ◽  
Lisa Thiele ◽  
Daniel Spurk ◽  
Simone Kauffeld
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Career Counseling ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Adaptability ◽  
German Version ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Total N

The Career Decision-Making Profile (CDMP) was developed by Gati and colleagues in 2010 as an attempt to reliably measure which strategies individuals apply when making career decisions. In order to provide counseling and coaching professionals with a German version of the scale, we translated and validated the German version (G-CDMP) in two studies (total N = 622). Results of Study 1 verified the proposed 12-factor structure by means of confirmatory factor analyses, confirming that the G-CDMP assesses 12 distinct career decision-making strategies. Results of Study 2 demonstrated the G-CDMP’s construct validity on subscale level by relating it to self-evaluations (e.g., occupational self-efficacy) and personality (i.e., the Big Five) as well as to career-related constructs, such as career adaptability and cognitive reactions toward career-life decisions (e.g., life satisfaction). As the studies provide support for the G-CDMP’s factor structure and its construct validity, implications for its use during career counseling are discussed.

The Effect of Perfectionism on Career Adaptability and Career Decision-Making Difficulties

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 469-483 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danni Wang ◽  
Zhi-Jin Hou ◽  
Jing Ni ◽  
Lu Tian ◽  
Xin Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Career Counseling ◽  
Latent Profile Analysis ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
High Standard ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Adaptability ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Competing Models ◽  
Practical Recommendations

This study investigated categorization of perfectionism subtypes for Chinese undergraduates and the effects of perfectionism subtypes on career outcomes based on two prominent, competing models of perfectionism, the tripartite model and 2 × 2 model. Indices of career outcome were defined with career adaptability (positive) and career decision-making difficulties (negative). The results of both cluster analysis and latent profile analysis coincided with the four-subtype structure of the 2 × 2 model. The result of Bolck–Croon–Hagenaars modeling indicated that the pure high standard subtypes were the most functional while pure discrepancy subtypes were most dysfunctional. Mixed perfectionism subtypes were identified as having high career adaptability but also high risk for career decision-making while nonperfectionism subtypes possess low career decision-making difficulties but also low career adaptability. Based on these findings for perfectionism subtypes, we extrapolate practical recommendations for how this information could be pertinent to career counseling.

scholarly journals Career Decision Ambiguity Tolerance and Career Decision-Making Difficulties in a French Sample: The Mediating Role of Career Decision Self-Efficacy

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 273-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Storme ◽  
Pinar Celik ◽  
Nils Myszkowski
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Adaptability ◽  
Ambiguity Tolerance ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
French Speaking ◽  
The Relationship

In the current work, we investigated the relationship between career decision ambiguity tolerance (CDAT) and career decision-making difficulties among French-speaking university students. In a preliminary validation study ( N = 246), we examined the psychometric properties of the CDAT Scale. Our results showed that the French CDAT Scale had satisfactory levels of scale score reliability, that its factor structure was consistent with the original three-factor structure, and that it had incremental predictive power over general ambiguity tolerance when predicting career decision self-efficacy and career adaptability. In a second study ( N = 412), building on social cognitive career theory, we hypothesized that career decision self-efficacy mediates the relationship between CDAT and career decision-making difficulties. Results were consistent with our hypotheses. Theoretical and practical implications of the results are discussed.

scholarly journals Confirmatory Factor Analysis Of The Career Development Questionnaire And The Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale For South African High School Students

2002 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gideon P. De Bruin ◽  
Martha J. Bernard-Phera
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Career Development ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
School Students ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

This study investigated the construct validity of the Career Development Questionnaire and the Career Decision- Making Self-Efficacy Scale for Grade 12 students from a low socioeconomic area in South Africa. The results of confirmatory factor analyses provided support for the construct validity of the Career Development Questionnaire and the Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale as measures of career maturity and career decision-making self efficacy respectively. Opsomming Hierdie studie het ondersoek ingestel na die konstrukgeldigheid van die Loopbaanontwikkelingsvraelys en die Loopbaan-besluitneming-selfdoeltreffendheidskaal vir Graad 12 leerlinge van ‘n lae sosio-ekonomiese gebied. Die resultate van bevestigende faktorontledings het ondersteuning gebied vir die konstrukgeldigheid van die twee vraelyste as meetinstrumente van onderskeidelik loopbaanvolwassenheid en loopbaanbesluit-nemingselfdoeltreffendheid.

Assessing Difficulties in Career Decision Making Among Swiss Adolescents with the German My Vocational Situation Scale

2013 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Hirschi ◽  
Anne Herrmann
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Career Counseling ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Career Guidance ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Vocational Identity ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Likert Scale Response ◽  
Vocational Situation

Assessing problems in career decision making among adolescents is important for career guidance and research. The present study is the first to investigate among Swiss adolescents the factor structure and convergent validity in relation to personality of the German-language adaptation of the My Vocational Situation Scale. Two preliminary studies (N = 217) suggested that using a 5-point Likert scale response format would increase scale reliability. The confirmatory factor analyses in the main study with two cohorts (n = 341, eighth grade; n = 303, eleventh grade) confirmed that four main factors, which assess problems with identity, decision making, information, and perceived barriers, underlie the data. The barriers factor was differentiated into aspired vocation and personal situation. Construct validity was supported by significant relationships between favorable personality characteristics (emotional stability, extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, generalized self-efficacy, and internal locus of control) and fewer problems. The results suggest that the vocational identity and barriers scales can be fruitfully applied to research on and the practice of career counseling with adolescents.

Development and Initial Validation of the Constructivist Beliefs in the Career Decision-Making Scale

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 303-319
Author(s):  
Hui Xu
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Career Adaptability ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Career Construction ◽  
Constructivist Beliefs

Although career adaptability and constructivist beliefs both capture important aspects of career construction, previous research has predominantly focused on career adaptability and ignored the importance of constructivist beliefs. Drawing on career construction theory and decision-making science, the current study proposes two factors (i.e., satisficing decision and agentic creation) of constructivist beliefs in career decision-making (CBCD) and develops and initially validates a scale measuring the two factors. Study 1 develops the CBCD Scale and supports the two-factor structure of the CBCD through exploratory factor analysis. Study 2 supports the internal consistency reliability of the CBCD and cross-validates the two-factor structure of the CBCD through confirmatory factor analysis. Additionally, Study 2 finds support for the incremental predictions of the CBCD for career indecision and career decision ambiguity management over and beyond career adaptability. The theoretical and practical implications of the CBCD are discussed, as are the limitations and suggestions for future research.

scholarly journals Validation of a French Version of the Career Decision-Making Difficulties Questionnaire: Relationships With Self-Esteem and Self-Efficacy

2021 ◽  
pp. 089484532110099
Author(s):  
Jérôme Rossier ◽  
Shékina Rochat ◽  
Laurent Sovet ◽  
Jean-Luc Bernaud
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Career Counseling ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Student Sample ◽  
French Version ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of this study was to validate the French version of the Career Decision-Making Difficulties Questionnaire (CDDQ) and to assess its measurement invariance across gender, age groups, countries, and student versus career counseling samples. We also examined the sensitivity of this instrument to discriminate a career counseling population from a general student sample. Third, we studied the relationship between career decision-making difficulties, career decision-making self-efficacy, and self-esteem in a sample of 1,748 French and French-speaking Swiss participants. A confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the overall hierarchical structure of the CDDQ. Multigroup analysis indicated that the level of invariance across groups almost always reached configural, metric, and scalar invariance. Differences between countries were very small, whereas differences between the general population and career counseling subsamples were much larger. Both self-esteem and self-efficacy significantly predicted career decision-making difficulties. Moreover, as expected, self-efficacy partially mediated the relationship between self-esteem and career decision-making difficulties.

Career Adaptability Profiles and Their Relations With Emotional and Decision-Making Correlates Among Belgian Undergraduate Students

2021 ◽  
pp. 089484532110055
Author(s):  
Michaël Parmentier ◽  
Thomas Pirsoul ◽  
Frédéric Nils
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
University Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Adaptability ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Work Transition ◽  
Person Centered Approach

This study used a person-centered approach to investigate university students’ profiles of career adaptability and determine whether different combinations of concern, control, curiosity, and confidence could be identified. We also explored the relations of these profiles with emotional intelligence, anticipatory emotions, and career decision-making self-efficacy. We found six distinct profiles of career adaptability among 307 university students who differed both on their level and on shape. Emotional intelligence was associated with profiles displaying higher levels of career adaptability. Furthermore, profiles of career adaptability significantly displayed differences in terms of positive anticipatory emotions at the prospect of the school-to-work transition and career decision-making self-efficacy but not in terms of negative anticipatory emotions. These results highlight that differentiating profiles of career adaptability provide insights for the design and the implementation of career-related interventions among university students.

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