| Author(s) | - Hsiu-Lan Shelley Tien, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan
- Tiantian Li, Faculty of Education, Shandong Normal University, China
- Jiyou Gu, Faculty of Education, Shandong Normal University, China
- Juanjuan Wang, Shandong Yiheng Institute of Psychology, China
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| Abstract | The purpose of the study was to test the reliability and validity of the Career Chaos Inventory (CCI) in China. The original scale was developed by Tien (2017) in Taiwan. Although the cultures are quite similar to each other, we still want to make sure if the CCI developed in Taiwan can be applied appropriately in China. The CCI, totaling 36 items, was composed of three subscales, complexity awareness, repetition and constant, and chances and action. To test the reliability and validity in China, we invited a total of 725 adults to fill out the CCI. Some inventories were also applied to examine the criterion correlated validity. They were Meaning of Life Questionnaire (MLQ), Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), Job/Learning Satisfaction Scale (J/LSS), Career Adapt-Abilities Scale (CAAS), and Personal Growth Initiative Scale (PGIS). For the item analysis of the CCI, the item total correlation coefficients were between .68 and .88, and all items were retained. We then conducted an exploratory factor analysis, it extracted five components, and explained 63.36% of the total variance. The confirmatory factor analysis showed that the five-factor model fit well (c2/df = 3.767, SRMR = .062, RMSEA = .050, 90% CI = [.058, .066], TLI = .910, CFI = .921). The five-factor model with 24 items, rather than the original three-factor model fit the Chinese people better. In addition, the concurrent validity results showed that CCI was positively correlated with MLQ, SWLS, J/LSS, CAAS, and PGIS scores (.13 < r < .42, p<.01). The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of CCI was .85, and the coefficients for the five subscales ranged from .75 to .91. Therefore, we concluded that the CCI was a reliable and valid assessment for career chaos perception, and was suitable to be applied for Chinese people. |
