Career Barriers and Career Support Questionnaire: Evidence Based on the Internal Structure

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Studies on the perception of barriers and support seek to understand the reasons that favor or hinder career development. Despite the consolidation of the field internationally, there is a lack of scales capable of measuring such variables in Brazil. Therefore, the objective of this study is to adapt and seek validity evidence based on the internal structure for the CBI-Likelihood, CBI-Coping and the Career Support questionnaire scales. This paper examined the scales through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, aiming to investigate the suitability of factor structure for the Brazilian context. The predominant profile was that of women, single, undergraduate students, with an income greater than 3 salaries and an age of 28 years old (mean). The results suggest that the original structures could not be maintained, however, other solutions supported the plausibility of the models. Therefore, evidence allows the proposition of an inventory capable of analyzing the perceptions of support and barriers in the career of Brazilians.

Keywords: vocational guidance, factor analysis, measurements.

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Deniel Gomes Frutuoso, Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil

Psicólogo graduado pela Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU) com áreas de interesse voltadas para Psicologia Organizacional e do Trabalho e Psicologia Cognitivo-Comportamental. Mestrando em Processos Organizacionais pela mesma instituição.

Lígia Carolina Oliveira-Silva, Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil

Psicóloga pela Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS). Doutora e Mestre pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia Social, do Trabalho e das Organizações (PSTO) da Universidade de Brasília (UnB), com doutorado sanduíche em carreira pela Loughborough University (UK). Professora do Instituto de Psicologia e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU). Líder do Grupo de Pesquisa "Trabalhando com as Marias: Psicologia, Carreira e Mulheres" (CNPq). Membro da Sociedade Brasileira de Psicologia Organizacional e do Trabalho (SBPOT) e da Associação Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-graduação em Psicologia (ANPEPP). Coordena projetos de pesquisa e extensão sobre realização profissão e progressão na carreira de mulheres, liderança de mulheres, barreiras de mulheres nos campos predominantemente masculinos, vieses de gênero, sexismo ambivalente, motivação para liderar, comportamentos de ajuda na carreira e programas de orientação de carreira e mentoria para mulheres.

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2023-10-01

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Vol. 23 No. 4 (2023): rPOT N4/2023 Ahead of print

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