Confirmatory fctor analysis of the career development questionnaire and the career decision-making self-efficacy scale for South African high school students
Date
2002-09
Authors
De Bruin, Gideon P.
Bernard-Phera, Martha J.
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Publisher
AOSIS OpenJournals
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 Development Questionnaire
and the Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale as measures of career maturity and career decision-making self-efficacy
respectively. In accordance with theoretical predictions, a moderate degree of overlap between the
constructs measured by the two instruments was observed. It appears that a general factor, labelled General Career
Decision-Making, underlies responses to the two questionnaires. In addition to the general factor, the Career
Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale also measures self-efficacy expectations regarding decision-making.
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.
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.
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The original publication is available at http://www.sajip.co.za
Keywords
Career decision-making self-efficacy scale, Career development -- Decicion making, High school students -- South Africa
Citation
De Bruin, G.P. & Bernard-Phera, M.J. 2002. Confirmatory factor analysis of the career development questionnaire and the career decision-making self-efficacy scale for South African high school students. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 28(2): 1-6, doi:10.4102/sajip.v28i2.46.