Toggweiler S, Künzli H. The Change-Inventory for Career Counseling - An Instrument for Measuring Counseling-Correlated Changes.
Front Psychol 2020;
11:1916. [PMID:
32849125 PMCID:
PMC7426461 DOI:
10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01916]
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Abstract
Psychometric properties of a 23-item inventory that measures five correlates of career counseling for evaluation purposes are presented. The dimensions were developed bottom-up. The construction sample consisted of 3316 adult clients of public career counseling services in Switzerland, who were assessed within a naturalistic multicenter evaluation study with pre-post design. The inventory proved reliable (Cronbach's α between 0.72 and 0.82, McDonnald's ω between 0.73 and 0.81). Concerning validity, the dimensions were supported by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis (CFI = 0.910, SRMR = 0.044, RMSEA = 0.056). Configural, metric and scalar measurement invariance of gender (female vs. male) and age group (<30 vs. ≥30 years) was also supported. Pre-post changes are medium to large. Practical use and theoretical localization among related German-language instruments are discussed.
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