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Vocational interests and career

Brief Calling Scale.

BCS

What it measures
Calling toward work captured very briefly on two unidimensional indices: Presence of a calling and Search for a calling.
Length and format
4 (2 presence + 2 search). 5-pt 'not at all true of me' -> 'totally true of me' ratings (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Carried with CVQ translations (e.g. Korean, Chinese) and used internationally
Normative data
No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
Licence
open with attribution

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Reference
Dik, B.J., Eldridge, B.M., Steger, M.F., & Duffy, R.D. (2012). Development and validation of the Calling and Vocation Questionnaire (CVQ) and Brief Calling Scale (BCS). Journal of Career Assessment, 20(3), 242-263.

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