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Validity Estimates for the Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale.
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Robbins, Steven B. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1985
Surveyed 92 college students to obtain validity estimates for the Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale. Results of concurrent and discriminant validity studies only partially supported the construct validity of the scale, and the use of individual subscales proved uncertain. (Author/BH)
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Decision Making, Higher Education
Using Multidimensional Career Decision Instruments to Assess Career Decidedness and Implementation.
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Chartrand, Judy M.; Robbins, Steven B. – Career Development Quarterly, 1990
Examined relative efficacy of individual scale scores of college students (n=331) on Career Factors Inventory (CFI) and two calculations of Career Decision Scale (CDS-A and CDS-B) in predicting career decidedness and career implementation. Results indicated that different scales of CFI and CDS-B made unique contributions to prediction of career…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Higher Education, Predictive Validity
Predicting Change in Career Indecision from a Self-Psychology Perspective.
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Robbins, Steven B. – Career Development Quarterly, 1987
Proposes a hierarchical model based on self-psychology that predicts a reduction in career indecision after a career intervention. Tested model's validity in a study of college students (N=107). Study showed model partially supported with goal instability, self-esteem, and interest pattern predicting change in career indecision level after career…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Planning, College Students
Unraveling the Differential Effects of Motivational and Skills, Social, and Self-Management Measures from Traditional Predictors of College Outcomes
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Robbins, Steven B.; Allen, Jeff; Casillas, Alex; Peterson, Christina Hamme; Le, Huy – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2006
The authors report on a large-scale study examining the effects of self-reported psychosocial factors on 1st-year college outcomes. Using a sample of 14,464 students from 48 institutions, the authors constructed hierarchical regression models to measure the predictive validity of the Student Readiness Inventory, a measure of psychosocial factors.…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Self Management, Predictor Variables, Outcomes of Education
Motivational and Skills, Social, and Self-Management Predictors of College Outcomes: Constructing the Student Readiness Inventory
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Le, Huy; Casillas, Alex; Robbins, Steven B.; Langley, Ronelle – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2005
The authors used a rational-empirical approach to construct the Student Readiness Inventory, measuring psychosocial and academic-related skill factors found to predict two important college outcomes, academic performance and retention, in a recent meta-analysis. The initial item pool was administered to 5,970 first-year college students and high…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Factor Structure, College Students, Student Motivation