Abstract
The study was designed to provide the initial validation of the instrument “How cosmopolitan do I think I am?” to assess the propensity to cosmopolitanism in adolescents interested in reflecting about their future career choices. Two studies were carried out to test psychometric requisites of the instrument “How cosmopolitan do I think I am?” Specifically, in the first study, after developing items and examining content validity, the factorial structure and the reliability of the scale were tested. The results showed good fit indexes for a factor structure characterized by three-correlated factors and for a second order-factor structure. This last factor structure model suggests that three hypothesised factors can be considered indicators of a global dimension of cosmopolitanism. In the second study, discriminant validity was evaluated. The results confirmed that the three dimensions of cosmopolitanism are related but distinct from career adaptability (CA) and the tendency to consider systemic challenges to attain sustainable development (TCSC). Overall, the results observed supported the use of the questionnaire in career vocational guidance and counseling activities.
Highlights
Today’s societies are characterized by uncertainty, complexity, globalization, and inequality
These results suggest that three factors can be considered as indicators of a global dimension reflecting propensity to cosmopolitanism
The correlation indexes obtained showed the three dimensions of cosmopolitanism and its total score correlated with career adaptability (CA) and TCSC, suggesting that adolescents with higher levels of cosmopolitanism are characterized by more CA and particular curiosity and confidence and TCSC. These results were in line with different authors that assumed how cosmopolitanism can be relevant in the future life design process for adolescents [3,6,7,8]. As expected, these results suggest that cosmopolitanism, and its openness towards heterogeneity and diversity, is positively related to curiosity to explore the environment, which can be useful in the career decision-making process [36]
Summary
Today’s societies are characterized by uncertainty, complexity, globalization, and inequality. Adolescents find themselves living in these societies, and soon they will be increasingly required to discover new and creative solutions to provide inclusive, dignified, and sustainable living conditions for themselves, the planet Earth, and future generations. For these reasons, as recently argued by several scholars [1,2,3], adolescents will be increasingly asked, from a preventive perspective, to develop skills, competencies, and attitudes. As regards future life plans, focusing attention on the cosmopolitan vision of reality means helping adolescents to learn to manage, in their professional and personal lives, inclusively and sustainably, local circumstances generated by global aspects, local situations that
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