SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 2002, 28(2), 1-6 SA Tydskrif vir Bedryfsielkunde, 2002, 28 (2), 1-6 CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS OF THE CAREER DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONNAIRE AND THE CAREER DECISION-MAKING SELF-EFFICACY SCALE FOR SOUTH AFRICAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS GIDEON P DE BRUIN Department of Psychology University of Stellenbosch MARTHA J BERNARD-PHERA Department of Psychology Rand Afrikaans University ABSTRACT 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 Decision-Making Difficulties Questionnaire Diverse Populations Literature Review Author, Title Sample Variables Measures Major Findings Year Albion, M. Factors influencing Study 1: 121 Career decision status CDDQ In adolescents & adults, multidimensional model of J., & career decision making Australian Personality type IPIP Five-Factor CDDQ fit both groups Fogarty, G. in adolescents and adolescents, 78 General intellectual Domain Scale 5 first-order factors fit better than 3 J. (2002) adults females, 43 males, functioning Shipley Institute of In adolescents, the categories of difficulties in the mean age, 15.92 years, Interests Living Scale CDDQ were significant determinants of decision ...
Pakistan Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology 2016, Vol. 14, No.2, 42-46 Career-decisions, Self-efficacy and Self-esteem among Students of Private and Government Academic Institutions Zainab Javed & Omama Tariq Institute of Applied psychology, University of the Punjab, Lahore The research was conducted to examine associations among career decisions, self-efficacy and self-esteem in 100 male and 100 female students of government and private educational institutions. The Rosenberg Self- Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965), General Self-Efficacy Scale (Schwarzer, 1996) and the Career Decision Making Difficulties Questionnaire (Gati, Krausz, & Osipow, 1996) were used to measure the study variables. A 2(Gender) ...
Hellenic Journal of Psychology, Vol. 16 (2019), pp. 74-94 CAREERDECISION-MAKINGDIFFICULTIES ANDDECISIONSTATUSESAMONGGREEK STUDENTTEACHERS Julie Vaiopoulou1, Ioanna Papavassiliou-Alexiou1, &Dimitrios Stamovlasis2 1 University of Macedonia, Greece 2 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Abstract:Thisstudyexaminedtheperceivedcareerdecision-makingdifficultiesamongGreek student teachers via the Career Decision-Making Difficulties Questionnaire (CDDQ). The GreekversionofCDDQwasfirstlyanalyzedwithexploratoryandconfirmatoryfactoranalysis. In a sample of student teachers majoring in humanities and social sciences (N = 780), the initially proposed structure of CDDQwaspartiallyconfirmedwithsevenofthetenanticipated factors present. These factors were used as independent variables in multivariate models predictingparticipants'overalldifficultyduringthecareerdecision-makingprocess,thedegree of certainty for their choices, and their decision status. Discussion of the findings is provided. Keywords:Careerdecisionmaking,Certainty, Decision status, Difficulty in ...