The Career Factors Inventory (CFI) was developed in this article. This is a multidimensional measure of career indecision containing 2 information factors (Need for Career Information and Need for Self-Knowledge) and 2 personal-emotional factors (Career Choice Anxiety and Generalized Indecisiveness). A rationale and corresponding descriptions for each scale were developed and the structure of the CFI across 2 samples was tested with confirmatory factor analyses. Reliability and concurrent validity analyses were conducted, and the CFI was empirically compared with career decision and other related scales. Suggestions for Attribution x Treatment interaction research were presented, along with possible counseling applications.We thank John White for his contribution to the development of the original instrument, Constance Google for her assistance with data analysis, Jeff Chartrand for his assistance with figure graphics, and the reviewers for their helpful comments.
This article discusses the career development and the career counseling needs of populations who have limited access to educational and occupational opportunities. The article reviews some of the limitations of current theories and interventions and offers recommendations for applying social cognitive career theory (SCCT; Lent, Brown, & Hackett, 1994) to populations that are at risk for experiencing employment and career barriers. To illustrate one application of SCCT, a career intervention program for adult female offenders is presented.
A model to predict affective and informational antecedents of career indecision was proposed. The model attempted to explicate paths between personality dispositions, appraisal of problem-solving skills, career decision-making styles, and antecedents of career indecision. Both personality and coping constructs were posited to examine the relative contribution of dispositional and perceived skill variables. Using a college student sample, results from a path analysis indicated that the disposition of neuroticism was a powerful predictor of perceived problem-solving skills, a dependent decision- making style, and both affective and informational antecedents of career indecision. The predicted effects of the coping constructs were of a much smaller magnitude. Directions for future research are discussed and several suggestions for career counseling assessment and intervention selection are made.
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