Student Career Construction Inventory (SCCI): Brazilian validity evidence using item response theory

Isabela Menezes Oliveira; Adriana Malheiros Sacramento; Vinicius Coscioni; Marco Antônio Pereira Teixeira

doi:10.1007/s10775-025-09767-x

Student Career Construction Inventory (SCCI): Brazilian validity evidence using item response theory

Isabela Menezes Oliveira^*, Adriana Malheiros Sacramento, Vinicius Coscioni, Marco Antônio Pereira Teixeira

^*Corresponding author for this work

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

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Abstract

This study translated, adapted, and validated the Student Career Construction Inventory (SCCI) for Brazilian students, focusing on its internal structure. A total of 325 students (73.7% female, 67.4% college students) aged 18–58 years participated. Confirmatory factor analyses supported a four-dimensional structure with a second-order factor. Item Response Theory (IRT) analyses showed that 15 items had high discrimination parameters (1.49–4.73), while items 4, 5, and 18 had moderate discrimination. Difficulty parameters ranged from − 0.60 to 0.30. Overall, the scale demonstrated partially adequate psychometric properties for use in Brazil.

Original language	English
Journal	International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-025-09767-x
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 30 Oct 2025

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Career construction model of adaptation
Item-response theory
Psychometrics

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