Preliminary Evidence of the Reliability and Validity of a Quantitative Measure of Self-Authorship

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2010

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Johns Hopkins Univ Press

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This article presents preliminary evidence of the reliability and validity of a measure of self-authorship derived from 18 items in the Career Decision Making Survey. The research conceptualizes a quantitative measure of self-authorship as a three-part score that reflects level of agreement with statements at each of the first three phases of development toward self-authorship. The instrument could be used to assess the outcomes of initiatives designed to promote growth in the development of self-authorship.

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career decision-making, college-students, ethnic-identity, interview, model

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Creamer, E. G. & Magolda, M. B. & Yue, J. (2010). Preliminary Evidence of the Reliability and Validity of a Quantitative Measure of Self-Authorship. Journal of College Student Development 51(5), 550-562. doi: 10.1353/csd.2010.0010