The Development of the CASVE-CQ: A CIP Perspective on Assessing Decision-Making Progress
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2021
School
Psychology
Abstract
The CASVE-Cycle Questionnaire (CASVE-CQ) was developed to assess career decision-making progress and operationalizes the Cognitive Information Processing Theory’s CASVE Cycle decision-making approach. Development occurred across three unique studies. In the pilot study’s college student sample (N = 323) and initial adult sample (N = 427), two exploratory factor analyses supported a theoretically consistent six-factor solution. A confirmatory factor analysis in the second adult sample (N = 342) confirmed the factor structure, resulting in a 42-item measure with six subscales. A second-order factor analysis assessed the utility of a CASVE-CQ total score. Consistent with theory, this model did not converge, and a total score for the CASVE-CQ was not supported. Supporting the validity of the CASVE-CQ as a decision-making progress measure, greater decision-making activity in each phase/subscale was associated with lower career decision-making difficulties, stable vocational identity, and greater career commitment. Continued test development steps and theory, research, and practice implications, are discussed.
Publication Title
Journal of Career Assessment
Recommended Citation
Werner, B.,
Bullock-Yowell, E.,
Mohn, R.,
Leuty, M.,
Dahlen, E.
(2021). The Development of the CASVE-CQ: A CIP Perspective on Assessing Decision-Making Progress. Journal of Career Assessment.
Available at: https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/18962