Career adapt-ability scale -short form: Validation among early career stage of Chinese university graduates

Chunze Song; Shahabuddin Bin Hashim; Xinpeng Xu; Hairong Ling

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1110287

Career adapt-ability scale -short form: Validation among early career stage of Chinese university graduates

Front Psychol. 2023 Jan 27:14:1110287. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1110287. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Chunze Song^{1

2}, Shahabuddin Bin Hashim¹, Xinpeng Xu^{3

4}, Hairong Ling^{2

5}

Affiliations

¹ School of Educational Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.
² General Education Center, Communication University of China, Nanjing, China.
³ School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
⁴ Institute of Healthy Jiangsu Development, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
⁵ School of Education Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China.

Abstract

The Career Adapt-Ability Scale (CAAS) is the favored method among researchers for measuring career adaptability. The 12-item version of CAAS-SF, which was made by Maggiori, Rossier, and Savickas based on a change to CAAS, has been slowly used by different groups in different countries and regions. As samples for the validation of the scale in this study, 571 Chinese university graduates in the early stages of their professions were chosen. Principal component analysis and confirmatory factor analysis suggest that CAAS-SF and CAAS have very similar psychological measurement features and factor structures. And the internal consistency of each subscale and total scale are equivalent to or greater than that of the CAAS assessment. These findings indicate that the CAAS-SF is a valid and reliable instrument for evaluating China's career adaptability. In addition, limitations, issues for further research, and suggestions are emphasized.

Keywords: CAAS-SF; Chinese university graduates; career adaptability; early career stage; scale verification.