Career Adapt-Abilities Scale–Short Form (CAAS-SF) : Construction and Validation

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Title
Career Adapt-Abilities Scale–Short Form (CAAS-SF) : Construction and Validation
Journal
Journal of Career Assessment
Author(s)
Maggiori Christian, Rossier Jérôme, Savickas Mark L.
ISSN
1069-0727
1552-4590
Publication state
Published
Issued date
05/2017
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
25
Number
2
Pages
312-325
Language
english
Abstract
The Career Adapt-Abilities Scale (CAAS; Savickas & Porfeli, 2012) has become one of the most widely used questionnaires to assess career adaptability. To facilitate the integration of this instrument into large surveys, in varied settings with different populations, the aim of this article was to develop a briefer version consisting of 12 items, the CAAS-SF. A sample of 2,800 French and German-speaking adults living in Switzerland (Mage = 41.2, SD = 9.4) completed the 24-item version of the CAAS. On a first random subsample, item-reduction using principal component analyses highlighted a four-factor solution corresponding to the original CAAS. Confirmatory factor analyses, conducted on a second random subsample, confirmed the hierarchical factor structure of the short version. The CAAS-SF reached measurement equivalence across linguistic and gender groups. Furthermore, the 12 and 24-item versions were strongly associated. Overall, the results supported the CAAS-SF as pertinent and economical alternative to the 24-item version.
Keywords
Career adapt-ability, CAAS, Short format, Scale validation, Confirmatory factor analyses, Measurement equivalence
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