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Turkish Version of the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale (CAAS): The Validity and Reliability Study

The aim of this research is to examine the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Career Adapt Abilities Scale (CAAS; Savickas and Porfeli, Vocat Behav 80:661–673, 2012). The sample of this study consisted of 320 (146 female and 174 male) teachers. The results of confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated that the 24 items loaded on four factors and the four-dimensional model was well fit (x 2 = 504.48, df = 240 p = .00, RMSEA = .059, NNFI = .92, CFI = .93, IFI = .93, and SRMR = .049). The internal consistency coefficients were.82, .84, .86, and .85 for four subscales respectively, was .93 for the overall scale. The corrected item-total correlations of CAA ranged from .42 to .67. The t-test results differences between each item’s means of upper 27 % and lower 27 % points were significant. Overall findings demonstrated that this scale is a valid and reliable instrument for assessing the career adapts abilities. CAAS can be utilized in various areas like workforce management, social policies and leadership research.

An Overview of Spiritually Oriented Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Maneviyat/din, bazi bireyler icin iyilestirici etki gosterirken, bazi bireyler icinse tam tersi olarak psikolojik semptomlari arttirici islev de gorebilmektedir. Bu nedenle maneviyatin terapi surecinde iyilestirici veya iyilesmeyi hizlandirici bir etken olarak kullanilmasina ve olasi olumsuz etkilerini azaltmaya yonelik calismalar yapilmaktadir. Bu calismalarin etkililigi arastirmalar ile incelenmektedir. Ozellikle yurtdisi calismalarinda artan uygulamalar genis kapsamli bir literaturun olusumuna dogru yol almaktadir. Turkiye ve benzer ulkelerde ise yeni yeni baslayan calismalar umut vericidir; fakat maneviyatin terapide nasil kullanilacagina dair uygulama ornekleri azdir. Bu makale kapsaminda bilissel davranisci terapi ozelinde uluslararasi literaturde yer alan manevi yonelimli terapi uygulamalari incelenmis ve bu arastirmalarda kullanilan teknikler derlenerek terapotik uygulamalar tanitilmaya calisilmistir. Ayrica etik uygulamalar ve Musluman danisanlarla yapilan calismalara da yer verilmistir.

The Turkish Version of the Career Futures Inventory-Revised: The Validity and Reliability Study

The aim of this research is to examine the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Career Futures Inventory–Revised (CFI-R; Rottinghaus et al. J Career Assessment 20:123–139, 2012). Participants were 346 (189 female and 157 male) teachers who were employed in different schools in Istanbul and Sakarya. The results of confirmatory factor analysis indicated that five-dimensional Career Futures Inventory model (career agency, negative career outlook, occupational outlook, support, and work-life balance) was well fit (x 2 = 800.01, df = 335, p = 0.00, RMSEA = .049, NFI = .88, NNFI = .92, CFI = .92, IFI = .93, RFI = .86, GFI = .91, AGFI = .89, and SRMR = .048). The internal consistency coefficients of five subscales were .57, .81, .70, .88, and .83, respectively. The corrected item-total correlations of CFI-R ranged from .36 to .82. Overall findings demonstrated that this scale had high validity and reliability scores and that it may be used as a valid and reliable instrument in order to understand current attitudes toward a variety of career transitions. Nevertheless, further studies that will use CFI-R are important for its measurement force.