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The Italian Version of the Career Factors Inventory

Monica CapuanoAlessandro Lo PrestiValentina Lo CascioFrancesco Pace

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Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Managementeducation05 social sciencesCareer indecisionCognition050106 general psychology & cognitive sciencesConvergent validity0502 economics and businessmedicineSettore M-PSI/06 - Psicologia Del Lavoro E Delle OrganizzazioniAnxiety0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesmedicine.symptomPsychologycareer factors inventory career indecision career decision making indecisiveness anxiety career counseling vocational guidance050203 business & managementGeneral PsychologyApplied PsychologyCareer counselingReliability (statistics)Clinical psychology

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This study attempted to examine the validity of the Italian version of the Career Factors Inventory (CFI), a psychometric tool widely used in the assessment of cognitive and personal–emotional dimensions of career indecision, among a sample of 2,060 Italian students attending high school and university. Recurring to both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, the original four-factor structure was confirmed and returned, in line with the literature, satisfactory reliability indices; moreover, CFI subscales showed intercorrelations consistent with previous studies, albeit lower in some cases. Subsequently, convergent validity between the four CFI subscales and other scales via zero-order correlation was tested, confirming previous evidence except for need for career information. In conclusion, consistent with previous studies, the Italian version of the CFI showed to be a valid and reliable instrument for the evaluation of dimensions of career indecision.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2015-01-05Journal of Career Assessment
https://doi.org/10.1177/1069072714565857