TY - JOUR
T1 - Career Decision Ambiguity Tolerance Scale
T2 - Construction and initial validations
AU - Xu, Hui
AU - Tracey, Terence
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to express our gratitude to Judith Homer and Liang Liao for their valuable feedback regarding the initial items. This project was supported by the Office of the Vice-President for Research and Economic Affairs , the Graduate Research Support Program , and the Graduate Education at Arizona State University.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2015/6/1
Y1 - 2015/6/1
N2 - The Career Decision Ambiguity Tolerance Scale (CDAT) measures individual evaluations of and responses to ambiguity encountered in career decision making. It was developed and initially validated through two studies of college students. An exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis consistently showed a three-factor structure for career decision ambiguity tolerance, consisting of preference, tolerance, and aversion. In addition to support for construct validity and subscale reliabilities, the findings also support the scale's incremental validity in predicting career indecision, career decision-making self-efficacy, and career adaptability over and beyond general ambiguity tolerance. The theoretical meaning and practical application of the CDAT were discussed along with its limitations and suggestions for future research.
AB - The Career Decision Ambiguity Tolerance Scale (CDAT) measures individual evaluations of and responses to ambiguity encountered in career decision making. It was developed and initially validated through two studies of college students. An exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis consistently showed a three-factor structure for career decision ambiguity tolerance, consisting of preference, tolerance, and aversion. In addition to support for construct validity and subscale reliabilities, the findings also support the scale's incremental validity in predicting career indecision, career decision-making self-efficacy, and career adaptability over and beyond general ambiguity tolerance. The theoretical meaning and practical application of the CDAT were discussed along with its limitations and suggestions for future research.
KW - Ambiguity tolerance
KW - Career decision
KW - Factor analysis
KW - Incremental validity
KW - Instrument development
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jvb.2015.01.006
DO - 10.1016/j.jvb.2015.01.006
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84922532535
SN - 0001-8791
VL - 88
SP - 1
EP - 9
JO - Journal of Vocational Behavior
JF - Journal of Vocational Behavior
ER -