How Similar are the Factor Structures of the Career Decision Scale,the Career Decision Profile,and the Career Factors Inventory?

Abstract

A sample of 332 undergraduate psychology students completed the Career Decision Scale (CDS), the Career Factors Inventory (CFI), and the Career Decision Profile (CDP). Factor analyses were conducted and four stable factors emerged, namely: Indecision, Need for Self/Career Information, Career Choice Anxiety, and Indecisiveness. The CDP and the CFI both measured Need for Self/Career Information and Indecisiveness. The CDP overlapped in part with the CDS to form the Indecision factor, whereas certain CFI items formed the Career Choice Anxiety factor. The Career Decision Profile and the Career Factors Inventory appeared to be more multidimensional than the Career Decision Scale which was found to be unidimensional.

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