title: Development of an abbreviated Career Indecision Profile-65 using item response theory: The CIP-Short.
abstract: The current study developed an abbreviated version of the Career Indecision Profile-65 (CIP-65; Hacker, Carr, Abrams, & Brown, 2013) by using item response theory. In order to improve the efficiency of the CIP-65 in measuring career indecision, the individual item performance of the CIP-65 was examined with respect to the ordering of response occurrence and gender differential item functioning. The best 5 items of each scale of the CIP-65 (i.e., neuroticism/negative affectivity, choice/commitment anxiety, lack of readiness, and interpersonal conflicts) were retained in the CIP-Short using a sample of 588 college students. A validation sample (N = 174) supported the reliability and structural validity of the CIP-Short. The convergent and divergent validity of the CIP-Short was additionally supported in the findings of a hypothesized differential relational pattern in a separate sample (N = 360). While the current study supported the CIP-Short being a sound brief measure of career indecision, the limitations of this study and suggestions for future research were discussed as well. (PsycINFO Database Record
authors.affiliation: Arizona State University.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Arizona State University.
authors.forename: Terence J G
authors.initials: TJG
authors.lastname: Tracey
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002321:Career Choice; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D015206:Southwestern United States; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014830:Vocational Guidance; D055815:Young Adult