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The Italian Version of the Career Factors Inventory

2015

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-o…

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 psychologyJournal of Career Assessment
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Anxiety and self-esteem as mediators of the relation between family communication and indecisiveness in adolescence

2013

Abstract In this study, we explored the unique and common contributions of anxiety, self-esteem, and family communication on indecisiveness among adolescents. Three hundred and fifty pupils from 13 to 16 years of age completed selfreport measures on indecisiveness, quality of family communication, trait anxiety, and self-esteem. The findings in this study showed that students’ indecisiveness is predicted by family communication mediated by anxiety and self-esteem. These results have important implications for practice as it stresses the importance of anxiety and self-esteem. Nevertheless, the counselors could also focus on enhancing relationship-building skills by introducing the adolescent…

Family relationshipVisual Arts and Performing Artsmedia_common.quotation_subjecteducationSelf-esteemFamily communicationbehavioral disciplines and activitieshumanitiesEducationFamily communication Indecisiveness AnxietymedicineTrait anxietyAnxietySettore M-PSI/06 - Psicologia Del Lavoro E Delle Organizzazionimedicine.symptomPsychologyCareer counselingCareer choiceClinical psychologymedia_common
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