title: Factor analysis of the Career Decision Scale on South African high school students.
abstract: A factor analytic study of the Career Decision Scale-High School version of Hartman and Hartman on 312 white South African adolescents from Grades 11 and 12 was undertaken. A simple two-factor structure emerged which accounted for 47.36% of the total variance in the scores. These results support the use of the version as a differential measure of career indecision and indicate that the number and structure of factors can change across populations. The implications of these results for research in South Africa are considered.
authors.affiliation: University of Port Elizabeth.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Foxcroft
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Stead
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002321:Career Choice; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D013019:South Africa; D014830:Vocational Guidance