The Change-Inventory for Career Counseling – An Instrument for Measuring Counseling-Correlated Changes
Psychometric properties of a 23-item inventory that measures five correlates of career counseling for evaluation purposes are presented. The dimensions were developed bottom-up. The construction sample consisted of 3316 adult clients of public career counseling services in Switzerland, who were asse...
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| description | Psychometric properties of a 23-item inventory that measures five correlates of career counseling for evaluation purposes are presented. The dimensions were developed bottom-up. The construction sample consisted of 3316 adult clients of public career counseling services in Switzerland, who were assessed within a naturalistic multicenter evaluation study with pre-post design. The inventory proved reliable (Cronbach’s α between 0.72 and 0.82, McDonnald’s ω between 0.73 and 0.81). Concerning validity, the dimensions were supported by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis (CFI = 0.910, SRMR = 0.044, RMSEA = 0.056). Configural, metric and scalar measurement invariance of gender (female vs. male) and age group (<30 vs. ≥30 years) was also supported. Pre-post changes are medium to large. Practical use and theoretical localization among related German-language instruments are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0b18e6f649df47b197a66a29b30a29a42022-12-22T00:34:15ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782020-08-011110.3389/fpsyg.2020.01916545345The Change-Inventory for Career Counseling – An Instrument for Measuring Counseling-Correlated ChangesStephan ToggweilerHansjörg KünzliPsychometric properties of a 23-item inventory that measures five correlates of career counseling for evaluation purposes are presented. The dimensions were developed bottom-up. The construction sample consisted of 3316 adult clients of public career counseling services in Switzerland, who were assessed within a naturalistic multicenter evaluation study with pre-post design. The inventory proved reliable (Cronbach’s α between 0.72 and 0.82, McDonnald’s ω between 0.73 and 0.81). Concerning validity, the dimensions were supported by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis (CFI = 0.910, SRMR = 0.044, RMSEA = 0.056). Configural, metric and scalar measurement invariance of gender (female vs. male) and age group (<30 vs. ≥30 years) was also supported. Pre-post changes are medium to large. Practical use and theoretical localization among related German-language instruments are discussed.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01916/fullcareer counselingjob counselingcareer guidancecounseling-correlated changesevaluationVIL |
| spellingShingle | Stephan Toggweiler Hansjörg Künzli The Change-Inventory for Career Counseling – An Instrument for Measuring Counseling-Correlated Changes Frontiers in Psychology career counseling job counseling career guidance counseling-correlated changes evaluation VIL |
| title | The Change-Inventory for Career Counseling – An Instrument for Measuring Counseling-Correlated Changes |
| title_full | The Change-Inventory for Career Counseling – An Instrument for Measuring Counseling-Correlated Changes |
| title_fullStr | The Change-Inventory for Career Counseling – An Instrument for Measuring Counseling-Correlated Changes |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Change-Inventory for Career Counseling – An Instrument for Measuring Counseling-Correlated Changes |
| title_short | The Change-Inventory for Career Counseling – An Instrument for Measuring Counseling-Correlated Changes |
| title_sort | change inventory for career counseling an instrument for measuring counseling correlated changes |
| topic | career counseling job counseling career guidance counseling-correlated changes evaluation VIL |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01916/full |
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