Examining the reliability and validity of an adapted scale of educational-vocational undecidedness in a sample of graduate students

The present study was an attempt to determine the reliability and validity of an adapted vocational indecision scale designed for undergraduates ( Osipow, S. H., Carney, C. G., Winer, J. L., Yanico, B. J., & Koschir, M., In Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1976 , 9, 237) for use in a graduate stu...

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Published inJournal of vocational behavior Vol. 15; no. 2; pp. 224 - 230
Main Authors Hartman, Bruce W, Utz, Patrick W, Farnum, Scott O
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Inc 01.01.1979
Subjects
Career Choice
Multiple Regression Analysis
Test Reliability
Test Validity
Undergraduate Students
Vocational Indecision
Vocational Interests
Vocational Maturity
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Summary:The present study was an attempt to determine the reliability and validity of an adapted vocational indecision scale designed for undergraduates ( Osipow, S. H., Carney, C. G., Winer, J. L., Yanico, B. J., & Koschir, M., In Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1976 , 9, 237) for use in a graduate student population. Internal consistency, test-retest, interrater reliability, and validity coefficients were calculated. A factor analysis and a multiple regression were also conducted. The findings suggest that the characteristics of the adapted indecision scale for the graduate students sample are similar to the characteristics of the unadapted instrument for the undergraduate sample in the S. H. Osipow, C. G. Carney, and A. Barak ( Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1976 , 9, 223–243) study. Potential therapeutic and research uses of the adapted indecision scale are also discussed.
ISSN:0001-8791
1095-9084
DOI:10.1016/0001-8791(79)90041-1