Decision Self-Efficacy Scale Research Articles

A Novel Decision Aid Improves Quality of Reproductive Decision-Making and Pregnancy Knowledge for Women with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

BackgroundWomen with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) with poor IBD-specific reproductive knowledge experience more childlessness and fear of IBD medications in pregnancy. The Pregnancy in IBD Decision Aid (PIDA), developed by an international multidisciplinary team, offers personalized online decision support regarding pregnancy in IBD.AimsAssess the impact of PIDA on quality of reproductive decision-making and pregnancy-related knowledge among preconception (PC) and pregnant patients with IBD, and evaluate acceptability to patients and clinicians.MethodsPC and pregnant patients with IBD aged 18–45 completed questionnaires pre- and post-PIDA to assess quality of decision-making (Decisional Conflict Scale (DCS); Decision Self-Efficacy Scale (DSES) and IBD-in-pregnancy knowledge (Crohn's and Colitis Pregnancy Knowledge Score (CCPKnow)). Paired t test assessed for differences pre- and post-PIDA. Patients and clinicians completed acceptability surveys.ResultsDCS and DSES were completed by 74 patients (42 Crohn’s disease, 32 ulcerative colitis); 41 PC and 33 pregnant. DCS improved significantly post-PIDA in PC patients regarding pregnancy planning (t(40) = 4.83, p < 0.0001, Cohen’s dz = 0.75) and in pregnant patients regarding medication management (t(32) = 2.37, p = 0.0242, dz = 0.41). DSES for PC patients improved significantly post-PIDA (t(40) = -3.56, p = 0.001, dz = -0.56). CCPKnow improved significantly post-PIDA in PC (t(42) = 4.93, p < 0.0001, dz = -0.75) and pregnant patients (t(32) = 5.1, p < 0.0001, dz = -0.89). PIDA was deemed optimal for length, readability, and content amount and considered highly useful by patients (n = 73) and clinicians (n = 14).ConclusionsPatients using PIDA developed an improved quality of reproductive decision-making and IBD-in-pregnancy knowledge. PIDA is an accessible tool that can empower women with IBD to make values-congruent, evidence-based decisions regarding pregnancy and may reduce voluntary childlessness.

The Effect of the Career Psychoeducation Program on the Career Decision Self-Efficacy and Educational Outcome Expectations of Eleventh-Grade Students

This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of a career psychoeducation program developed based on the social cognitive career theory in career decision self-efficacy and educational outcome expectations of eleventh grade students. The study used a quasi-experimental model with a pretest-posttest control group design. The experimental process of the study was designed according to a 2x3 mixed (split-plot) design with a control group including pretest, posttest, and follow-up measurements. This process was carried out with 36 eleventh greleventh grade students, including 18 in experimental and 18 in control groups. The study data were collected using the Career Decision Self-Efficacy Scale–Short Form and the Educational Outcome Expectations Scale. During the experimental process, an eleven-week career psychoeducation program was carried out in the experimental group, and no intervention was conducted in the control group. As a result of the study, it was found that there was a significant difference in favor of the experimental group students in terms of the mean scores obtained from the career decision self-efficacy and educational outcome expectations and that this difference between the mean scores was also maintained in the follow-up measurements. The findings of the effectiveness of the career psychoeducation program on the career decision self-efficacy and educational outcome expectations of eleventh grade students were discussed in the light of the related literature.

Analysis of Relationships between High School Students’ Career Maturity, Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy, and Career Decision-Making Difficulties

The study analyzed the relationships between high school students’ career maturity, career decision-making difficulties, and career decision-making self-efficacy and aimed to investigate whether career maturity, career decision-making difficulties and career decision-making self-efficacy altered according to gender, type of school, and grade level. The study sample was composed of 665 high school students attending five different high schools in Bursa. The data collection tools included the Career Decision-making Difficulties Questionnaire, the Career Maturity Scale, and the Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale. Among quantitative research methods, a correlation model was applied. The analysis results revealed a weak but significant negative relationship between career maturity and career decision-making difficulties scale in terms of total scores and subscale scores. Additionally, there was a medium- and low-level significant negative relationship between the career decision-making difficulties scale total and subscale scores, and the career decision-making self-efficacy total and subscale scores. The subsequent analysis to describe the mediating role of career decision-making self-efficacy demonstrated that career decision-making self-efficacy had a partial mediating role. Furthermore, male students were found to have a more disadvantaged status than did female students in terms of career maturity. Based on the fact that students’ career decision-making difficulties stemmed from the aspect of a lack of readiness, psycho education programs can be organized to determine the reasons for the lack of lack of readiness, find solutions, and provide the necessary information and skills. Future studies may focus on examining the reasons for the career maturity level differences.

The Relationship between Parenting Style and Career Decision Making Self-Efficacy in Undergraduates: Mediating Effect of Work Values

Objective To explore the characteristics of parenting style, work values and career&#x0D; decision making self-efficacy in undergraduates and analyze the relationship among the above&#x0D; 3 variables. Method: Eight hundred and forty-nine undergraduates were selected by stratified&#x0D; random sampling from 7 universities in Guangdong province. Short-Form Egna Minnen av&#x0D; Barndoms Uppfostran (s-EMBU), Work Values Scale for College Students (WVS) and&#x0D; Career Decision Making Self-Efficacy Scale (CDMSES) were administred to them.&#x0D; Results: ⑴ The score of parental control was at a low level; The scores of parental care, social&#x0D; promotion, ease and stability, salary and reputation, benifits and welfare, total scores and five&#x0D; dimensions of CDMSES belong to the medium level; The scores of the other 6 dimensions of&#x0D; WVS belong to high scores. ⑵ Purposeful values play a partial mediating role in the&#x0D; relationship between parental care and career decision making self-efficacy, and the mediating&#x0D; effect accounts for 33.9% of the total effect; Instrumental values play a partial mediating role in&#x0D; the relationship between parental care and career decision making self-efficacy, with the mediating&#x0D; effect accounting for 11.1% of the total effect; Work values play a partial mediating role in the&#x0D; relationship between parental care and career decision making self-efficacy, and the mediating&#x0D; effect accounts for 30.4% of the total effect. Conclusion: Parental care can not only directly&#x0D; predict college students' career decision making self-efficacy, but also indirectly affect it through&#x0D; work values.

Development and Pilot Usefulness Testing of an Interactive Computerized Patient Decision Aid for Intraocular Lens Selection Before Cataract Surgery.

PurposeModern cataract surgeries aim to treat impaired vision and also improve quality of life. An appropriate pre-operative selection of the intraocular lens is important to post-operative quality of life. Patients often have difficulty in choosing the best fit for individual needs. Patient decision aids (PDAs) are useful tools to assist patients in such decision-making process. However, most PDAs are paper-based and lack user interaction. This study is aimed to develop and evaluate an interactive computerized patient decision aid (cPDA) to help patients in the selection of an appropriate intraocular lens model before cataract surgery.Materials and MethodsPatients and their families who were making the decision regarding intraocular lens selection before cataract surgeries were eligible to participate in this study. A cPDA was built on an interactive robot, to help the patients in the decision-making process. The usefulness of the cPDA was measured with the Decision Self-Efficacy (DSE) scale and Preparation for Decision Making (PrepDM) scale.ResultsA total of 50 participants (18 men and 32 women) were enrolled in the pilot test. The mean pre-cPDA DSE score was 46.5 ± 13.6, and the post-cPDA DSE score was 72.6 ±12.8. The average gain score on DSE was 26.1, and the standard deviation was 8.0. The gain score on DSE was statistically significant, and the effect size was bigger than 3. The patients with junior or senior high degrees had the highest gain score on DSE, and the ones with college or above degrees had the lowest. The patients with college or above degrees had the highest PrepDM score, and the ones with elementary school or below had the lowest. Age and sex were not significant correlates of PrepDM. The patients with college or above degrees had the highest preparedness, but the lowest gain on DSE.ConclusionEducation levels are associated with the usefulness of cPDA, both for the preparedness and decision efficacy of patients. The results provide insight into the feasibility of cPDA for the decision-making of pre-operative intraocular lens selection.

The Relationship between PGI and College Students' Career Decision Making Self-efficacy: A Chain Mediation Model

To explore the influencing factors and mechanism of career decision making self-efficacy of college students, the research uses PGIS-Ⅱ, Future Time Perspective Scale, Academic Engagement Scale, and Career Decision Making Self-efficacy Scale to investigate 148 college students. The results show that PGI, career decision making self-efficacy, future time Perspective, and academic engagement are significantly positively correlated; future time perspective and academic engagement play a mediating role between PGI and college students' career decision making self-efficacy; PGI significantly predicted career decision making self-efficacy through the chain mediation of future time perspective and academic engagement.

The Relationship between Personality and Career Decision Making Self Efficacy Among Pra-University Student at Machang, Kelantan.

This study was conducted to explore the differences in personality and level of career decision-making self-efficacy (CDMSE) by gender among pre-university students. Besides, this study also conducted to identify the relationship between personality and CDMSE among pre-university students. This study uses a mixed method design in determining the relationship between personality and self-efficacy in career decision making. The respondent be selected by using simple random sampling method, as 175 student Pre-University and 5 respondents were selected to interview in obtaining qualitative findings. Data was collected by using Big Five Inventory-2 (BFI-2) and Career Decision Making Self-efficacy Scale Short Form (CDMSE-SF). Data analyzed using Statistical Package Social Science 25.0 (SPSS). The results showed no difference between conscientiousness (t(173)=0.280,p&lt;0.05), openness (t(173)=0.613,p&lt;0.05), neuroticism (t(173)=1.434,p&lt;0.05), agreeableness (t(173)=0.857, p&lt;0.05, extraversion (t(173)=-0.559, p&lt;0.05) and level of CDMSE (t(173)=1.558, p&lt;0.05). The finding also revealed that conscientiousness, (r=0.505**, n=175, p&lt;0.05) openness, (r=0.212**, n=175, p&lt;0.05) neuroticism, (r=0.366**, n = 175, p&lt;0.05) and extraversion (r=0.486**, n=175, p&lt;0.05) had a significant relationship with CDMSE among Pre-University students. However, there is no significant relationship between agreeableness and CDMSE (r=0.128, n=175, p&lt;0.05). The result was supported by qualitative findings, which show the relationship between personality and CDMSE. This study is significant for students, counselor, and educators in helping students related to their careers.

My Fate Is My Decision: The Differential Effects of Fate and Criticality of Decision Beliefs on Career Decision Making Self-Efficacy

Dysfunctional career decision-making beliefs (DCB) impede career decision making (CDM) process in several ways. This study proposes to delineate the profiles of two career-specific dysfunctional beliefs, fate (FB) and criticality of decision (CB) through their differential effects on career decision self-efficacy (CDSE) in undergraduate students. A sample of 157 undergraduate students (aged M = 21.07, SD = 1.78, 87.2% female) completed the fate and criticality beliefs subscales of Dysfunctional Career Decision-Making Beliefs Scale, Career Decision Self-Efficacy Scale and Career Satisfaction Scale. Two-step cluster analyses was provided for delineating the profiles of combined variables of fate and criticality beliefs. As the result, four clusters emerged: criticality of decision beliefs (CB), fate beliefs (FB), negotiable fate beliefs (NFB) and no dysfunctional beliefs (NB) group. Clusters did not differ in terms of gender, age, GPA or career satisfaction. The profiles of DCB did not differ in CDSE; statistically significant group differences were only found for career goal selection. More specifically, FB group showed significantly less self-efficacy in setting their career goals as compared to CB or NFB groups. Results indicate that dysfunctional fate beliefs are associated with low perceived self-efficacy regarding the selection of goals in the process of career decision-making. However, the effect of FBs can be buffered by CBs, dysfunctional of their kind, suggesting that negotiable FBs have a more favourable effect on career related goal selection self-efficacy as they draw back the process of CDM under personal influence.

Is there a relationship between the time management skills of sports manager candidates and career decision self-efficacy?

This study aims to examine the relationship between the time management skills of sports management students and their career decision self-efficacy. The study group of the study research consisted of 279 Sports Management Department students who were studying in the Faculty of Sport Sciences at a public university located in Manisa, Turkey during the 2018-2019 academic year. "Time Management Scale", “Career Decision Self-Efficacy Scale” and "personal information form" were used as data collection tools. As a result of the study, a positive, moderately significant relationship was found between students' time management skills and career decision self-efficacy levels.

The link between career outcomes expectancy and career decision-making self-efficacy of STEM students in a South African university

The Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT), one of the highly researched career theories, suggested that outcomes expectance and self-efficacy are crucial factors in the career selection process. The result of career outcomes expectancy (COE) and career decision-making self-efficacy (CDSE) may be pivotal in an individual’s shunning or being more inspired in their career behaviour. Both factors together are important in career decision-making. The aim of this study was to investigate the association among COE and CDSE of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) students at a South African university. The article is based on a quantitative study conducted among a sample of 322 STEM students, of which 203 responses were received. The career outcomes expectancy scale (COES) and career decision self-efficacy scale (CDSES) were used in the collection of data. Data were analysed with the IBM SPSS version 26 software and descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlation, linear regression and multivariate analytical tools were engaged. Findings show that age and race significantly associated with CDSE. Additionally, COE was found to have a statistically significant relationship with CDSE and that CDSE positively predicted COE. The environment of upbringing was also found to be influential in participants’ CDSE and COE. In line with extant literature, the discussion of the findings is made to proffer recommendations that have implications for practice, policy and further studies.

Correlation between Career Decision Making Self-Efficacy and Career Indecision on Final Year College Students

Career Indecision is a condition when students has difficulty to make career decision that will be pursued. Final years college students, are vulnerable to feel career indecision, it causes students to be unsure of his ability to pursue career after graduation. Self-efficacy known as an important aspect of career decision-making process, which is can help college student to determine his or her career choice. However, previous studies have shown the inconsistent result about relationship between career decision making self-efficacy with career indecision. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine again the relationship between career decision making self-efficacy and career indecision among final year’s college students in Indonesia. Method: Using incidental sampling, this study get 328 final year college students as respondents. To measure Career Decision Making Self-Efficacy and Career Indecision, this study using Career Decision Making Self-Efficacy Scale (CDMSES) and Career Decision Scale (CDS). Result: Result of this study using Spearman correlation test shown that, there is significant correlation between Career Decision Making Self-Efficacy and Career Indecision (r = -0,143 p = 0,010,01).Suggestion: The implication of this study is college student with high career decision making self-efficacy can decrease their career indecision.

SELF-EFFICACY KARIR DAN DUKUNGAN KELUARGA DENGAN ADAPTABILITAS KARIR SISWA SMA

The current study examined the relationship between career self-efficacy and family support with with career adaptability indepedenly among students of SMAN 1 Pandaan. The number of respondents was 206 students of twelve grade SMAN 1 Pandaan, recruited through nonprobability sampling. The measuring instrument were CAAS (Career Adapt Adaptability Scale), Career Decision Making Self-Efficacy Scale (Indonesia Version) and family support scale from House &amp; Khan. Data were analyzed using multiple correlation techniques. The results of the study show that there is a relationship between career self-efficacy and career adaptability of class XII students of SMAN 1 Pandaan, the direction of the relationship is positive. Other results show that there is no relationship between family support and career adaptability for class XII students of SMAN 1 Pandaan.

Lisans Öğrencilerinin Akademik Başarıları ve Kariyer Kararı Öz-Yeterliklerinin Lisansüstü Eğitim Niyetlerine Etkisi

This study aimed to examine the mediation role of career decision self-efficacy in the relationship between academic achievement and postgraduate (PG) study intentions among undergraduate students. The study was conducted with 315 students who enrolled in fourth-grade in different programs in the education faculty of a university in Turkey. Data were collected by using the “Career Decision Self-Efficacy Scale” and “Postgraduate Education Intention Scale”. Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient was used in the analysis of the data and structural equation modeling was used to test the mediating effect of the hypothesized model. Results showed that academic achievement and career decision self-efficacy directly predicted PG study intentions of students. Academic achievement positively predicted career decision self-efficacy. Results of SEM indicate d that career decision self-efficacy has a partial mediation role in the relationship between academic achievement and PG study intentions. As a result, it was concluded that as the academic achievement of current undergraduate students increases, their career decision self-efficacy also increases; thus their intentions to pursue PG study increases. Universities should collect information about the career potential of undergraduate students, make plans and put these plans into action by the creation of mentoring centers for the provision of postgraduate education can be an important step for part in postgraduate studies.

AFTER EARTHQUAKE IN SIGI: CAN SOCIAL SUPPORT AFFECT CAREER DECISION SELF-EFFICACY?

An earthquake struck Central Sulawesi Province, Indonesia in 2019, and Sigi Regency was one of the most affected areas. Based on a psychological perspective, studies were significant to understand how earthquakes impacted Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. This study aimed to examine the effect of social support on CDSE (Career Decision Self-Efficacy). As many as 141 high school students as the earthquake victims in Sigi filled out the Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale Short-Form (CDMSES-SF) and Adolescent Social Support Scale (ASSS). The data were analyzed using the multiple regression approach in IBM SPSS Software Version 23.00. The findings showed that teachers’ social support successfully enhanced CDSE. Also, CDSE was significantly affected by social support received from peers. On the other hand, this study confirmed that there was no significant effect of parents’ social support on CDSE. The results contributed to the career counseling program for high school students by taking into account teachers’ and peers’ social support.

How Proactive Personality Mediates the Relationship between Parental Involvement and Career Decision Self-Efficacy

In this study, the role of a proactive personality as a mediator in the relationship between parental involvement and self-efficacy in high school students’ career decisions was examined. The participants included 758 grade 11 students in Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi (Jabodetabek). The instrument that used in this study are Career Decision Self-Efficacy Scale Short Form (CDSES-SF), Parent Career Behavior Checklist (PCBC), and Proactive Personality Scale (PPS). The results revealed that a proactive personality partially mediates the relationship between parental support and parental action with self-efficacy in career decisions. Furthermore, parental support and parental action directly influence self-efficacy in career decisions.

Simplifying the Measurement of College Students' Career Planning: the Development of Career Student Planning Scale during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

We created a new, 8-item scale called "Career Student Planning Scale (CSPS)" for a valid and reliable measure regarding college students' career planning during a traumatic event, such as a pandemic. CSPS is conceptually similar to the career decision-making difficulty questionnaire (CDDQ) and the career decision self-efficacy (CDSE) scale. CSPS leans towards questions about college students' perceptions about career planning, rather than intuitions about career decision-making; it also inquires about how participants conceptualize about their career plans to be correct, rather than the more extreme idea about how their intuitions are correct: we developed this scale to capture the latter construct. We included the coronavirus anxiety scale (CAS), CDDQ, the general procrastination scale (GPS), and the CDSE short form (CDSE-SF) as covariates to ensure that CSPS has distinct effects on their career paths. Our findings indicate the CSPS has acceptable psychometric properties and demonstrates a valuable input to those measures.

Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Version of the Surrogate Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale.

Surrogate decision making for patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) can have negative physical and emotional health consequences for the decision-maker. Improving confidence and self-efficacy may reduce these consequences, but a valid instrument is necessary for reliable measurement. Using a cross-sectional design, the current study aimed to translate the Surrogate Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale (SDM-SES) into Chinese and evaluate its psychometric properties for surrogate decision-makers (SDMs) of patients in the ICU. The English version of the SDM-SES was translated into Chinese according to Brislin's translation guidelines and tested in 107 Chinese SDMs of patients in the ICU. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.86, and a confirmatory factor analysis yielded acceptably high goodness-of-fit. Scores of the Chinese version of the SDM-SES were positively correlated with General Self-Efficacy Scale scores and 10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale scores. This study indicates that the Chinese version of the SDM-SES has sufficient psychometric properties for assessing self-efficacy of SDMs for patients in the ICU. [Research in Gerontological Nursing, 14(1), 17-23.].

The Effect of College Students' Time Management Disposition on Career Decision-making Anxiety: The Mediating Role of Career Decision-making Self-efficacy

The objective of this study aimed to investigate the relationship between college students' time management disposition, career decision-making self-efficacy and career decision-making anxiety, and the mediating effect of career decision-making self-efficacy between time management disposition and career decision-making anxiety. The research chosen 288 college students as subjects surveyed by using Adolescence Time Management Disposition Inventory, Career Decision-making Self-efficacy Scale and Career Decision-making Anxiety Scale. The study found that: (1) Among the three factors of time management disposition, the sense of time value has a significant positive predictive effect on career decision-making anxiety, the sense of time control and the sense of time efficacy have a significant negative predictive effect on career decision-making anxiety. (2) Career decision-making self-efficacy plays a suppressing effect between the sense of time value and career decision-making anxiety. The suppressing effect accounts for 79.73% of the direct effect. Career decision-making self-efficacy plays a mediating effect between the sense of time control, the sense of time efficacy and career decision-making anxiety. The mediating effect accounts for 60.79% and 63.09% of the total effect respectively. Conclusion: Career decision-making self-efficacy plays a mediating effect between college students' time management disposition and career decision-making anxiety.

An application of Career Decision Self-Efficacy Scale – Short Form among Vietnamese medical students

BACKGROUND:Choosing the right career can be one of the most crucial decisions in one's life. Nevertheless, career decisions are filled with uncertainty and daunting challenges. Therefore, finding ways to assist students to better understand and cope with these difficult career decisions is a worthy topic of research. This research was aimed to examine the career decision-making self-efficacy of medical students’ using a version of the Career Decision Self–Efficacy Scale–Short Form (CDSES-SF) that was translated and adapted with permission to the Vietnamese context.MATERIALS AND METHODS:A descriptive study was carried out at Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy with a total number of 326 questionnaires distributed to freshmen students and 314 questionnaires collected back. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was used to finalize the structure of the Vietnamese Career Decision Self-Efficacy Scale– Short Form (VCDSES-SF).RESULTS:EFA resulted in the five named factors or subscales of the VCDSES-SF with 23 items: Occupational Information and Planning (7 items), Self-Assessment and Career Readiness (6 items), Confidence to Change Careers (3 items), Fit My Lifestyle and Interests (4 items), and Goal Selection (3 items).CONCLUSIONS:A number of empirical studies undertaken in various cultural contexts have found different models of career decision-making self-efficacy measurement. The present study found that although the VCDSES-SF is somewhat different than the original CDSES-SF, the resultant measure is a reliable and effective tool that can be used within the Vietnamese context.

Kariyere İlişkin Ebeveyn Desteği Ölçeği’nin Türk Ortaokul Öğrencilerine Uyarlanması

Bu araştırmanın temel amacı Turner, Brissett, Lapan, Udipi ve Ergun (2003) tarafından geliştirilen Kariyere İlişkin Ebeveyn Desteği Ölçeği-KİEDÖ (The Career-Related Parent Support Scale-CRPSS)’ni Türk ortaokul öğrencilerine uyarlamaktır. Ayrıca, cinsiyete, sınıf düzeyine, algılanan sosyo-ekonomik statüye ve algılanan akademik başarıya göre ortaokul öğrencilerinin KİEDÖ’i puan ortalamalarının anlamlı olarak fark gösterip göstermediğini incelemek amaçlanmıştır. Bu araştırmanın 2 çalışma grubu vardır. Birinci çalışma grubu 438 (218 kız ve 220 erkek) ortaokul 7. ve 8. sınıf öğrencilerinden oluşmaktadır. İkinci çalışma grubu 145 (77 kız ve 68 erkek) ortaokul 7. ve 8. sınıf öğrencilerinden oluşmaktadır KİEDÖ’nün yapı geçerliğini incelemek için doğrulayıcı faktör analizi (DFA) kullanılmıştır. DFA sonuçları KİEDÖ’nün orijinalindeki gibi 4 faktörlü (Araçsal Yardım, Kariyere İlişkin Model Olma, Sözel Cesaretlendirme ve Duygusal Destek) olduğunu doğrulamıştır. KİEDÖ’nün güvenirliğini için KİEDÖ’nün toplam puanları için iç tutarlık katsayısı .93 ve kararlılık katsayısı için .90 olarak bulunmuştur. Ayrıca, KİEDÖ’nün geçerliği için KİEDÖ’i toplam puanları ile Mesleki Karar Verme Öz-Yetkinlik Ölçeği toplam puanları arasında r = .44 olarak bulunmuştur. Ebeveynden Algılanan Sosyal Destek Ölçeği toplam puanları arasında r = .45 olarak belirlenmiştir. Bu bulgular KİEDÖ’nün ortaokul öğrencilerinin ebeveynlerinin kariyerle ilgili desteklerini ölçmek için geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçme aracı olduğunu göstermiştir. KİEDÖ’i toplam puanları, algılanan sosyo-ekonomik düzeye ve akademik başarıya göre anlamlı olarak fark göstermiştir. Fakat KİEDÖ’i toplam puanları, cinsiyete ve sınıf düzeyine göre anlamlı olarak fark göstermemiştir. Araştırmanın sonuçları ilgili literatür ve teorik görüşler çerçevesinde tartışılmıştır. KİEDÖ’nün gelecekte yapılacak araştırmalarda ve uygulamalı çalışmalarda ortaokul öğrencilerinin eğitsel ve kariyere ilişkin ebeveyn desteğini ölçmek için kullanılabileceği önerilmiştir.