Development and validation of the Calling and Vocation Questionnaire (CVQ) and Brief Calling Scale (BCS)
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Dik, Bryan J.
Steger, Michael F.
Eldridge, Brandy M.
Duffy, Ryan D.
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Sage
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Research on work as a calling is limited by measurement concerns. In response, the authors
introduce the multidimensional Calling and Vocation Questionnaire (CVQ) and the Brief Calling
scale (BCS), instruments assessing presence of, and search for, a calling. Study 1 describes CVQ
development using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) in a cross-validated splitsample
approach with 456 undergraduates. The CVQ contained six reliable subscales that form
CVQ-Presence and CVQ-Search scores, which demonstrated moderate 1-month test–retest reliability,
good fit to a six-factor structure, and initial support for construct validity. Study 2 reports a
multitrait–multimethod analysis with 134 undergraduates and 365 informants. Self-reported CVQ
and BCS scores moderately to strongly correlated with informant reports and scores for both
instruments correlated in hypothesized directions with work hope, prosocial work motivation, life
meaning, and the search for meaning. CVQ and BCS scores provide psychometrically sound measures
of calling, with the CVQ offering the potential for more fine-grained, multidimensional
analyses
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Dik, B.J. et al. 2012. Development and validation of the Calling and Vocation Questionnaire (CVQ) and Brief Calling Scale (BCS). Journal of career assessment, 20(3):242-263. [https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/afr/journal-of-career-assessment/journal201628]