Predictive Validity of Career Decision-Making Profiles Over Time Among Chinese College Students

Abstract

Two studies were conducted to validate the Chinese version of the Career Decision-Making Profiles (CDMP) questionnaire, a multidimensional measure of the way individuals make career decisions. Results of Study 1 showed that after dropping 1 item from the original CDMP scale, the 11-factor structure was supported among Chinese college students (N = 334). Results of Study 2 (N = 372) replicated this factor structure and revealed that the CDMP accounted for 25% and 32% of the variances in participants' career decision-making efficacy and career decision-making difficulties, respectively, across a time lag of 2 months. Among the CDMP dimensions, comprehensive information gathering, analytic information processing, greater speed of making the final decision, internal locus of control, and less dependence on others were the most significant predictors of positive career-related outcomes. These findings carry implications for career decision-making research and counseling practices in different cultural groups

The effectiveness of sources of support in career decision-making: A two-year follow-up

“…For example, the statement "I consider it important to choose an option that will satisfy my family and close friends" represents the Desire to please others dimension. The proposed model's internal structure and cross-cultural equivalence were supported in the Hebrew, English and Chinese versions of the CDMP questionnaire (Gati et al, 2010a(Gati et al, ,2010bTian et al, 2014). The internal-consistency, test-retest reliabilities, one year stability, concurrent validity, and incremental validity of the CDMP were also supported (Gadassi, Gati, & Wagman-Rolnick, 2013;Gati & Levin, 2012;.…”

Differences in Career Decision-Making Profiles Between American and Chinese University Students

“…The American participants completed the English version of CDMP (Gati et al, 2010) and the Chinese participants completed the Chinese version (Tian et al, 2014). Since item 3 was excluded from the Chinese version of the CDMP in a previous validation study (Tian et al, 2014), to ensure the metric equivalence of this measure across cultures, item 3 was also dropped from the English version (cf., Cheung & Rensvold, 2002). Participants were asked to respond to the remaining 32 items representing the 11 CDMP dimensions (viz., two items representing the information gathering dimension and 3 items for each of the other ten dimensions), as well as an additional warm-up item and two validity items.…”

“…For example, it has been found that among American university students, scores on dependence on others (DO) and desire to please others (DP) were extremely low (e.g., Gati et al, 2010); however, the results obtained from Chinese university students showed that the scores on these two dimensions were relatively higher than those found among US students (Tian et al, 2014). To date, no comparative work has been done to examine the cultural variations of CDMP, along with the mechanisms underlying this process.…”

Career decision-making profiles and career decision-making difficulties: A cross-cultural comparison among US, Israeli, and Chinese samples

“…Additionally, studies have translated, adapted, and tested the validity of the current assessment tools in additional cultures (CDMP; Tian et al, 2014;CDDQ;Creed & Yin, 2006;Mau, 2001) and compared the different patterns of responses among various cultures (CDMP; Guan et al, 2015;CDDQ;Mau, 2004 found that Asian-Americans had greater difficulties then Caucasian-Americans, in both highschool and college samples. Another study by Mau (2001) found that Taiwanese undergraduate students experienced more career decision-making difficulties than American students.…”