Decision Self-Efficacy Scale Short Form Research Articles

Self-ageism among women in Greece: The role of burnout in career decision-making self-efficacy

The present research attempts to identify the role of age in women’s working lives. It studies the factors and aspects of women’s working lives that are affected by age and whether the burnout they experience affects their self-efficacy in the way they make professional decisions. A cross-sectional online survey was conducted in Greece. To obtain the data a structured, online, self-administered questionnaire was used. The questionnaire consists of 25 questions referring to the variable of burnout (Maslach Burnout Inventory — MBI), 25 questions concerning self-efficacy in career decision-making (career decision self-efficacy scale short form — CDSES-SF), and 25 questions concerning demographic data. The collected data was processed using the R language. The findings show that age and gender are very important factors influencing career development (Aliyev & Tunc, 2015). Age, therefore, plays a key role in women’s working lives (Loretto et al., 2000). The study adds value to existing research on ageism by focusing on the consequences for women’s professional lives in Greece. The findings can help in the formulation and development of targeted interventions to empower women and train them to improve their self-efficacy in terms of professional decision-making.

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.

College Students’ Career Decision-making and Career Decision-making Self-efficacy: a Case Study in Formative Assessment and Course Design

College career courses are increasingly offered at colleges and universities due to economic changes as a result of performance-based funding initiatives nationwide, and in an attempt to ensure more job placements of students graduating with baccalaureate degrees (Devlin The Journal of College Placement, 34(4), 62–68, 1974; Studley 2004; Fouad et al. Journal of Career Assessment, 17(3), 338–347, 2009; Hansen and Pedersen Journal of the First Year Experience & Students in Transition, 24(2), 33–61, 2012). This case study expands on the seminal work of Gallo (2017) and assessed the effectiveness of a new interdisciplinary career exploration course at a comprehensive university that is open to all students, not just students who were undecided in their college major. The course design followed a constructivism curriculum, with opportunities for formative assessment, which resulted in a culminating final course project. Students’ career decision-making and career decision-making self-efficacy were measured utilizing a pre-test/post-test model, the Career Decision Scale (CDS), and the Career Decision Self-Efficacy Scale Short Form (CDSE-SF). The results indicated that the interdisciplinary career course curriculum had a positive effect on students’ level of career decision-making and career decision-making self-efficacy.

Analyzing Models of Career Decision Self-Efficacy: First-Order, Hierarchical, and Bifactor Models of the Career Decision Self-Efficacy Scale

The goal of the study was to examine the dimensionality of the Career Decision Self-Efficacy Scale Short Form (CDSES-SF, Betz et al. 1996). Integrating several previous findings from different cultures, we found that the bifactor structure of the CDSES-SF on a Hungarian sample of 649 respondents showed the best model fit. This structure includes a general CDSE factor covering 15 items and the original five specific factors (self-appraisal, occupational information, goal selection, planning, and problem solving) covering three items each. This short form of CDSES shows an acceptable model fit and appropriate reliability in terms of the Cronbach’s alpha and omega values. Regarding career decision self-efficacy, a large proportion of variance was explained by the general factor and to a smaller extent by the specific factors. These results can be considered as a first step in resolving the paradox of the dimensionality of CDSES-SF.