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The CPAI-2 As a Culturally Relevant Personality Measure in Differentiating among Academic Major Groups
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Ng, Alexander; Fan, Weiqiao; Cheung, Fanny M.; Leong, Frederick T. L.; Cheung, Shu Fai – Journal of Career Assessment, 2012
We examined whether the Cross-Cultural (Chinese) Personality Assessment Inventory-2 (CPAI-2), developed by the combined emic-etic approach, could provide useful information for us to understand the relations between personality and the key academic major groups in the Chinese context. Participants in this study included 989 university students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Personality Measures, Cultural Relevance, Personality
Toward a Tripartite Model of Research Motivation: Development and Initial Validation of the Research Motivation Scale
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Deemer, Eric D.; Martens, Matthew P.; Buboltz, Walter C. – Journal of Career Assessment, 2010
An instrument designed to measure a 3-factor model of research motivation was developed and psychometrically examined in the present research. Participants were 437 graduate students in biology, chemistry/biochemistry, physics/astronomy, and psychology. A principal components analysis supported the retention of 20 items representing the 3-factor…
Descriptors: Motivation, Measures (Individuals), Graduate Students, Factor Structure
Extending the 2 x 2 Achievement Goal Framework: Development of a Measure of Scientific Achievement Goals
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Deemer, Eric D.; Carter, Alice P.; Lobrano, Michael T. – Journal of Career Assessment, 2010
The current research sought to extend the 2 x 2 achievement goal framework by developing and testing the Achievement Goals for Research Scale (AGRS). Participants (N = 317) consisted of graduate students in the life, physical, and behavioral sciences. A principal components analysis (PCA) extracted five components accounting for 72.59% of the…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Failure, Testing, Validity
The Career Transition Inventory: A Psychometric Evaluation of a French Version (CTI-F)
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Fernandez, Anne; Fouquereau, Evelyne; Heppner, Mary J. – Journal of Career Assessment, 2008
The Career Transition Inventory (CTI) is a well-known measure for assessing perceptions of psychological resources when adults undergo a career change. The purpose of this study was to conduct a psychometric evaluation of a French version of the CTI (CTI-F). A total of 1,042 French volunteer participants completed the CTI-F. The procedure used…
Descriptors: Social Desirability, Validity, Cultural Differences, Career Change
Career Assessment and the Comrey Personality Scales.
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Comrey, Andrew L. – Journal of Career Assessment, 1995
Comrey Personality Scales (CPS) produce Factored Homogeneous Item Dimension scores for eight factors: trust/defensiveness; orderliness/lack of compulsion, social conformity/rebelliousness, activity/lack of energy, emotional stability/neuroticism, extraversion/introversion, mental toughness/sensitivity, and empathy/egocentrism. The CPS include…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Personality Assessment, Personality Measures, Psychological Patterns
The Career Development Inventory in Review: Psychometric and Research Findings.
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Savickas, Mark L.; Hartung, Paul J. – Journal of Career Assessment, 1996
A literature review on the Career Development Inventory since 1979 found support for its sensitivity and specificity as a measure of readiness to make educational and vocational choices. Research is needed on its predictive validity. Revision should address increasing the reliability of the two cognitive scales. (63 references) (SK)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Literature Reviews, Reliability