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Career Maturity Inventory — Counseling Form C

Grades 9–12

24-item measure of career choice readiness for adolescents, covering concern, curiosity, confidence, and consultation.

Items24
Time~5 min
Subscales4
Response scale2-point binary

What it measures

  • 01
    ConcernLooking ahead and orienting toward the vocational future.
  • 02
    CuriosityExploring self and the world of work, gathering occupational information.
  • 03
    ConfidenceSelf-efficacy in solving problems and overcoming obstacles in career choice.
  • 04
    ConsultationRelational style — willingness to seek input from others. Reported separately, not included in total.

About the research

Crites & Savickas (Form C). Savickas & Porfeli (2011). Revision of the Career Maturity Inventory: The Adaptability Form. Journal of Career Assessment, 19, 355–374.

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Notes on this implementation

Designed for school populations through Grade 12. Items 13 and 14 explicitly reference school context ('out of school', 'courses I should take in school') — adult respondents may find them odd. Subscale alphas in the original sample were modest (Concern .62, Curiosity .74, Confidence .78, Consultation .69); total readiness alpha was .86. The paper does not reprint a participant-facing instruction stem; the one shown here is a generic agree/disagree prompt. The 24-item Counseling Form has no published cut-off bands; the separate 10-item Screening Form does. Authors made Form C free for users; cite Crites & Savickas authorship.

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