Revision of the Career Maturity Inventory

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  • Mark L. Savickas
    Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH, USA
  • Erik J. Porfeli
    Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH, USA

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  • The Adaptability Form

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<jats:p> Initially administered in 1961, the Career Maturity Inventory (CMI) was the first paper-and-pencil measure of vocational development. The present research revised the CMI to reestablish its usefulness as a succinct, reliable, and valid measure of career choice readiness, with a few theoretically relevant and practically useful content scales for diagnostic work with school populations up to and including Grade 12. The new Form C was produced by combining rational organization of item content with confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). In the end, CMI Form C provides a total score for career choice readiness, three scale scores reflecting career adaptability dimensions of concern, curiosity, and confidence, and a score reflecting relational style in forming occupational choices. Initial evidence supports the face, construct, and concurrent validity of the CMI scores as indicators of career choice readiness. </jats:p>

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