Adaptation of the Student Career Construction Inventory into Turkish: A Validity and Reliability Study

The aim of this study was to adapt the Student Career Construction Inventory (SCCI) into Turkish language and examine the reliability and validity among university students. After completing translation and back translation studies, SCCI was administered 309 students (161 female and 158 male) from Dokuz Eylül University. In order to assess the validity of the SCCI, confirmatory factor analysis and concurrent validity were conducted. Results indicated that three-factor structure better fit data. Regarding concurrent validity SCCI and their subscales are positively correlated with the sub-dimensions of the Career Adapt Ability Scale. The Cronbach alpha internal consistency coefficent was .65 for Crystallizing subscale, .72 for Exploring subscale, .87 for Deciding subscale and .87 for all the scale. As a result, SCCI has enough validity and reliability values form easuring attitudes, qualifications and beliefs of universty students about career choice