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Xu H, Bhang CH. The Structure and Measurement of Career Indecision: A Critical Review. THE CAREER DEVELOPMENT QUARTERLY 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/cdq.12159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Hui Xu
- Counseling Psychology, Loyola University Chicago
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Hou ZJ, Li X, Liu YL, Gati I. The Emotional and Personality-Related Career Decision-Making Difficulties Questionnaire—Validation of the Chinese Version. JOURNAL OF CAREER ASSESSMENT 2015. [DOI: 10.1177/1069072715580565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to examine the internal consistency and test–retest reliability, the internal structure, and construct validity of the Chinese version of the Emotional and Personality-Related Career Difficulties questionnaire ( EPCD). Based on a sample of 540 Chinese university students, high-reliability coefficients for the overall scale (α = .93), the three clusters (.78, .85, and .93), and adequate reliability for its 11 difficulty categories (range from .64 to .85) were observed. The 2-week test–retest reliabilities of the overall scale, three clusters, and 11 difficulty categories were also adequate (ranging from .61 to .94). Confirmatory factor analysis of the original theoretical model (11 difficulty categories loaded on three major clusters and then one general factor) demonstrated acceptable model fit after deleting three small-loading items. The pattern of associations between the clusters of the EPCD and the Trait Anxiety Scale, the Career Decision Scale, and the Vocational Identity Scale supported its construct validity. The discussion of the use of EPCD in China and suggestions for future research are proposed.
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- Zhi-Jin Hou
- School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
- College of Education, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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Kalliope K. Career indecisiveness and personality in Greek High school students. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.5897/ijpc2013.0229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Career indecisiveness involves more pervasive, severe, and chronic difficulties in making career decisions and focuses on deeper personality roots as well as cognitive origin. The purpose of this study was to examine the associations between career indecisiveness on one hand and self-esteem, personal indecisiveness, and five-factor personality characteristics on the other. As hypothesized, the career indecisiveness was higher in 545 Turkish high school students who had not yet decided on a profession than that of decided individuals. Also, the results showed that emotional and personality-related career decision-making difficulties are positively related to self-esteem, exploratory and impetuous indecisiveness, and neuroticism, while being negatively related to extroversion and conscientiousness. In addition, female experienced more career indecisiveness. Based on the result of the multiple regression analysis, exploratory indecisiveness was the most significant contributory factor to career indecisiveness for female and male.
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