A Psychometric Evaluation of the Career Decision Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form With Turkish University Students

Büyükgöze Kavas A.

JOURNAL OF CAREER ASSESSMENT, vol.22, no.2, pp.386-397, 2014 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 22 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.1177/1069072713484561
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF CAREER ASSESSMENT
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.386-397
  • Keywords: Career Decision Self-Efficacy scale, Turkish university students, validity, confirmatory factor analysis, reliability, RELIABILITY, EXPLORATION, MODEL, VALIDITY, GENDER
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The current study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the Career Decision Self-Efficacy scale-Short Form (CDSES-SF) in a sample of 695 Turkish university students. Accordingly, internal reliability, test-retest reliability, convergent validity, and factor structure of the CDSES-SF were examined. The results indicated high internal and test-retest reliability for total scores. The evidence for the convergent validity was provided by a relatively high correlation between career decision-making self-efficacy and general self-efficacy. To estimate the factor structure of the scale, Betz, Klein, and Taylor's five-factor model of the CDSES-SF, along with a number of empirically derived measurement models of the CDSES-SF were tested via confirmatory factor analyses. Only Gaudron's four-factor model exhibited good model fit for the Turkish sample. The findings of this study are discussed in accordance with previous studies and the current cultural context of Turkey.