The psychometric characteristics of the career beliefs inventory /
The Career Beliefs Inventory (CBI) is a 96-item career
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | The Career Beliefs Inventory (CBI) is a 96-item career development measure yielding scores on 25 scales. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the psychometric characteristics of CBI scores. Specifically, the following psychometric characteristics of the CBI were evaluated: (a) scale alpha coefficients and item analysis statistics, (b) confirmatory structure, and (c) exploratory first- and secondorder factor structures. The present study involved the use of three data sets. One data set included the standardization sample obtained from the CBI author (n=1,788). The other two data sets (n,=344, n2=251) were collected by the author for the purposes of the present study. Evaluation of the psychometric characteristics of the CBI was done through a series of analyses. Results of internal consistency analyses for the scores from the 25 CBI scales, as well as the scores created using the scoring keys associated with the first-order factors reported in the manual, ranged from lows in the .30's to highs in the .80's, with a mean coefficient alpha of .567 for CBI scale scores. Consequently, the item make-up for a majority of the CBI scales needs to be re-evaluated. For the confirmatory structure analyses, six substantive models were fit to the data. None of the models resulted in a good fit to the data. Therefore, focus for further examination of the CBI shifted to exploratory first- and second-order factor analyses. Exploratory first-order factor analyses of the scores from the 96 item CBI resulted in a six-factor structure. Exploratory second-order factor analyses of two data sets (CBI Sample and Pooled Sample) resulted in four-factor solutions that were generally similar, with two of the four factors in both data sets being readily comparable. The following recommendations were based on the findings of the present study. With few items per scale and low reliabilities, practical application of the CBI may involve exploration of beliefs using items as a basis for discussion, as against using actual scale or item scores. Further evaluation of the psychometric properties of the CBI and of alternative models also appears to be warranted. |
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| Item Description: | Vita. "Major Subject: Counseling Psychology". |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 247 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. Issued also on microfiche from University Microfilms Inc. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |