The structure of the Career Decision-Making Difficulties Questionnaire across 13 countries

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Title
The structure of the Career Decision-Making Difficulties Questionnaire across 13 countries
Journal
Journal of Career Assessment
Author(s)
Levin Nimrod, Udayar Shagini, Lipshits-Braziler Yuliya, Gati Itamar, Rossier Jérôme
ISSN
1069-0727
1552-4590
Publication state
Published
Issued date
02/2023
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
31
Number
1
Pages
129-148
Language
english
Abstract
Assessing the causes of career indecision is among the first steps in career counseling. Gati et al. (1996) proposed a multidimensional taxonomy of career indecision and developed the Career Decision-Making Difficulties Questionnaire (CDDQ), consisting of 10 scales that cohere into three higher-order clusters and a total score. However, studies investigating the CDDQ reported cross-cultural variations in its factor structure. To examine the cross-cultural generalizability of the CDDQ, we compared four alternative factor models using data from 39 diverse samples from 13 countries with nine language versions (N = 19,562). Using weighted least squares mean- and variance-adjusted estimation, a robust estimator for nonnormal data, comparison of fit indices supported the original CDDQ structure across countries and languages. These findings support the cross-cultural generalizability of the structure of the CDDQ and the use of 10 scale scores, three cluster scores, and a total score, consistent with the taxonomy underlying the CDDQ.
Keywords
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, General Psychology, Applied Psychology
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