The Career Futures Inventory–Revised Measuring Dimensions of Career Adaptability

• Published in: Journal of Career Assessment Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 123 - 139
• Main Authors: Rottinghaus, Patrick J., Buelow, Kristine L., Matyja, Anna, Schneider, Madalyn R.
• Format: Book Review Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01-05-2012
• Subjects: Career Awareness; Career Decision Making Difficulties Questionnaire; Career Decision Making Self Efficacy Scale; Career Planning; College Students; Coping; Family Work Relationship; Measures (Individuals); Personality; Self Concept; Self Efficacy; Social Support Groups; Test Construction; Test Validity; United States (Midwest); Vocational Adjustment; agency; optimism; self-efficacy; control; work–life balance; support; career adaptability
• ISSN: 1069-0727; 1552-4590
• DOI: 10.1177/1069072711420849

This study reports the development and initial validation of the Career Futures Inventory–Revised (CFI-R) in two large samples of university students. The 28-item CFI-R assesses aspects of career adaptability, including positive career planning attitudes, general outcome expectations, and components of Parsons’ tripartite model and Bandura’s personal agency. Results revealed five internally consistent subscales: career agency, occupational awareness, support, work–life balance, and negative career outlook. Changes from the original CFI include a measure of career agency, including content addressing self-awareness, control, and self-efficacy for managing career transitions; and measures of relational components. Convergent and discriminant validity of the CFI-R subscales were examined related to measures of career decision status, difficulties, and self-efficacy, as well as dispositional optimism and coping styles. The CFI-R can aid in the understanding of current attitudes toward a variety of career transitions and enhance the effectiveness of career counseling by addressing clients’ concerns in a changing occupational world.