Validation of the Career Decision-Making Difficulties Questionnaire Among Korean College Students

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Korean version of the Career Decision-Making Difficulties Questionnaire (CDDQ) among 854 college students. Confirmatory factor analyses partially confirmed the original 10-factor structure of the instrument and demonstrated metric equivalence across gender. The dysfunctional beliefs subscale was particularly inconsistent. Cronbach's a reliabilities ranged from .66 to .88 for the CDDQ subscales and a ¼ .92 for the CDDQ total score. The test-retest reliability for a 1-month interval was .88. The correlation between CDDQ and the Career Decision Self-Efficacy Scale was r ¼ -.54 (p < .01), which was convergent with previous studies. The undecided college students reported higher CDDQ scores than the decided college students. All the results suggested that CDDQ is a reliable instrument for assessing career decision-making difficulties in the Korean context. Implications for career interventions and research are discussed.

Vocational interests and career indecision in Switzerland and Burkina Faso: Cross-cultural similarities and differences

“…With respect to the CDDQ, as in previous studies, the internal reliability of Dysfunctional Beliefs sub-scale was the lowest, in the unacceptable range for the Swiss (α = .48) and the Burkinabe (α = .41) samples. Similary, Gati and colleagues (1996) both countries, a finding that has been attributed in a previous study to the broad concepts covered by this dimension (Sovet et al, 2015). Overall, internal reliabilities of the CDDQ sub-scales and dimensions were quite similar to those reported in the original Israeli and US samples and furthermore in several cultures (see Sovet et al, 2015).…”

“…The CDDQ includes ten specific difficulties grouped in three clusters: Lack of Readiness, Lack of Information, and Inconsistent Information. Although the original three-factor structure of the CDDQ has been supported in Israeli and US student samples (Gati et al, 1996) and across several cultures (e.g., Tien, 2005;Vahedi, Farrokhi, Mahdavi, & Moradi, 2012), the Lack of Readiness dimension and its sub-scales (i.e., Lack of Motivation, Indecisiveness, and Dysfunctional Beliefs) exhibited marginal internal reliability coefficients in most studies as reviewed by Sovet, Tak, and Jung (2015). According to these authors, the low internal reliability coefficient observed for this dimension may be due to the broad concepts covered by both the Lack of Motivation and Indecisiveness sub-scales.…”

“…Moreover, career decisionmaking difficulties have been linked to several constructs. Researchers have shown that career decision difficulties are linked with career decision-making self-efficacy (e.g., Osipow & Gati, 1998;Sidiropoulou-Dimakakou et al, 2012;Sovet et al, 2015), personality traits (e.g., Marcionetti & Rossier, 2016;Martincin & Stead, 2015), and locus of control (e.g., Lease, 2004), as well as with contextual dimensions, such as parenting style (e.g., Sovet & Metz, 2014), and career related outcomes such as work knowledge (e.g., Lease, 2004), and career decidedness (e.g., Kleiman et al, 2004). Career decision-making difficulties were found to be antecedents of a lack of determination, decision-making confusion, and commitment…”

“…Xu (2017) reported several studies conducted on high school and college students where interest congruence was determinant in the career decision-making process. Regarding career decision-making difficulties, gender differences were investigated in several cultures and researchers found no differences (e.g., Lancaster, Rudolph, Perkins, & Patten, 1999;Vertsberger & Gati, 2016) or few (e.g., Sovet et al, 2015). The CDDQ (Gati et al, 1996; has been translated into more than 30 languages and has demonstrated strong validity in diverse contexts (e.g., Creed & Yin, 2006;Mau, 2001;Sovet et al, 2015) and across different linguistic groups of the same country (e.g., Sovet, DiMillo, & Samson, 2016).…”

Associations Between Career Decision-Making Difficulties, Maladaptive Limitedness Schemas, Sleep Quality, and Circadian Preferences Among Turkish College Students

“…Research has consistently found people at an earlier age have greater career difficulties than older people (Gati et al, 1996;Morgan & Ness, 2003;Sovet, Tak, & Jung, 2015;Tien, 2005). This may be due to the less experience in career decision making and career-related practices including education and work.…”