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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE CDDQ
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What
is the difference between the 44-item version of the CDDQ and 34-item
version?
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The
original CDDQ (Gati, Krausz, and Osipow, 1996) was comprised of 44 items.
In an effort to make the CDDQ more accessible, for practical reasons, we
shortened it to 34 items by deleting those items that did not significantly
contribute to the scales' internal consistency-reliability. The Internet
version has 34 items for this reason. We also recommend using the 34 item
paper-and-pencil version for convenience.
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Is
there a fee for the use of the CDDQ?
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There
is no fee at this time for the Internet version of the CDDQ. The
paper-and-pencil version can be also obtained for research and counseling
purposes without any fee, by writing directly to itamar.gati@huji.ac.il
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How
is it possible for you to provide the CDDQ for free?
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The
development of the theoretical framework and the questionnaire (described
in the Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1996), was carried out in
collaboration with Prof. Samuel Osipow of Ohio State
University, and has
been supported by the US-Israel Binational Science Foundation. This and
additional support allows us to provide the CDDQ free of charge (while
ensuring clients' anonymity).
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Q:
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Can
I use the CDDQ for a masters or doctoral thesis?
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Yes,
write directly to itamar.gati@huji.ac.il
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I
would like to demonstrate the effectiveness of our career-counseling
services; can the CDDQ be used for this purpose?
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Yes,
administer the CDDQ before and after the relevant counseling interventions
(for an example, see Gati, Krausz, and Saka, 2001) to examine the changes
in the overall score, and in the scale-scores of specific
difficulty-categories, as a result of the intervention.
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What
is the advantage of using the CDDQ for evaluating the effect of career
counseling or other career interventions?
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Due to
the multi-dimensional nature of the CDDQ (the 10 difficulty category
scale-core profile), the differential effectiveness of the intervention is
apparent and thus allows the user to rule out those alternative
explanations which may have been raised with a uni-dimensional instrument
(CDS).
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Q:
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How
can a client's responses to the CDDQ be interpreted? What should be
regarded as a salient difficulty? What should be regarded as moderate or
negligible?
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The
simple rule of thumb is that a difficulty category with a mean response of
6.34 and above is "salient", below 3.33 is
"negligible", and in-between are "moderate". A more
comprehensive interpretation procedure, based on the relative salience of
the individual's difficulties, validated by career-counseling experts'
judgments, was developed (see Amir, Gati, and Kleiman, 2007). The Internet
version of the CDDQ has an automatic scoring procedure and the clients'
profiles are interpreted according to this method; and the interpretive
report highlights the focuses of the clients' career-decision making
difficulties.
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How
do I go about translating and testing the CDDQ in another country?
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The
CDDQ has been translated into 14 languages. Write to itamar.gati@huji.ac.il for details
concerning prior translations and further information.
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How
can I use the CDDQ to provide a better service for my clients?
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The
CDDQ enables users to locate the specific focuses of the client's
career-decision making difficulties and thus allows the counselor to design
a treatment plan which addresses the specific needs of the client. There
are Career-Counseling Centers that have already successfully incorporated
the CDDQ among the tools used to improve their services (e.g., the University of New Brunswick; http://kivunim.huji.ac.il/cddq/natcon.htm
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What
is the difference between the Career Decision Scale (CDS, Osipow, Carney
& Barak, 1976) and the CDDQ?
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The CDS
provides a single score representing an individual's level of career
indecision. The CDDQ provides information about the specific focuses of a
client's career decision-making difficulties in addition to an overall
score of the level of difficulties.
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Q:
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What
are the languages to which the CDDQ has already been translated to?
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The
languages are:
Arabic
Chinese
English
Flemish
French
German
Greek
Hebrew
Italian
Polish
Portuguese
Spanish
Turkish
Ugandan
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