Psychological Measurement of the Validity and Reliability of the Short form Career Decision Self-Efficacy Scale

Abstract

The weak need assessment process in schools makes counseling teachers unable to develop demand programs according to students' needs. This study aims to modify and test a career instrument, namely the Career Decision Self-Efficacy Scale Sort Form (CDSE-SF). The CDSE-SF scale was previously developed by Elisabeth Betz. It is hoped that this research will become a solid foundation that will be used by researchers in completing the dissertation research that is being designed by researchers. This research is a small part of the dissertation construction being designed by researchers. The population of this research was all students of class X SMA in Gresik Regency. The sampling process was carried out by using the technique of probability sampling area sampling. The data analysis technique in this study will use confirmatory factor analysis. The results of the study explain that the validity and reliability of 25 items have been tested. The loading factor value has a value of more than 0.5. On the Self-Assessment indicator, five items have values from 0.841 to 0.899. On the Occupation Information indicator, the loading factor value is 0.813 to 0.874. Indicator Loading factor planning 0.862 to 0.915. The Goal setting indicator has a loading factor of 0.703 to 0.879. while the loading factor for the Goal Setting indicator is 0.788 to 0.884. on the reliability test, the Cronbach alpha value for each indicator is more than 0.85 which indicates that the instrument is reliable. In the Composite Reliability aspect, the value of each indicator ranges from 0.89 to 0.952. The scale tested must have a score ≥ 0.7 so that it is said to have a composite reliability value. This study describes the validity and reliability of all items in the CDSE. But keep in mind that the sample used is the majority of Javanese culture high school students. To get a more complex picture, it is necessary to test the validity of the different cultures of the various characteristics of students in Indonesia.