FACTOR-ANALYSIS OF THE CAREER DECISION SCALE ON SOUTH-AFRICAN HIGH-SCHOOL-STUDENTS

A factor analytic study of the Career Decision Scale-High School version of Hartman and Hartman on 312 white South African adolescents from Grades 11 and 12 was undertaken. A simple two-factor structure emerged which accounted for 47.36% of the total variance in the scores. These results support the use of the version as a differential measure of career indecision and indicate that the number and structure of factors can change across populations. The implications of these results for research in South Africa are considered.