Validating a measure of stages of change in career development

Editorial

“…In this model, the clinician gears the interventions toward the stage of change of the client (e.g., precontemplation, contemplation). Hammond, Michael, and Luke (2017) adapt the most commonly used measure of change in psychotherapy research and practice, the University of Rhode Island Change Assessment, to assess career clients. The factor structure of this new measure called the Stage of Change-Career Development is analyzed and the authors find the best fit is for a five factor instrument that is comprised of 15 items.…”