Career Adapt-Abilities Scale.

CAAS

What it measures

Career adaptability as four psychosocial resources (the 'four Cs') for managing transitions, developmental tasks and work traumas: Concern, Control, Curiosity, and Confidence. Grounded in Savickas's career-construction theory.

Length and format

24 (4 subscales x 6 items); CAAS-SF short form = 12 items; CAAS+ adds a Cooperation scale. 5-pt strength ratings (Not Strong -> Strongest) (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Validated in 13+ languages incl. EN, ZH, FR, DE, IT, PT, NL, KO, JA, TR, EL, IS, Indonesian, ES, and more; among the most cross-culturally validated career measures

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

Savickas, M.L., & Porfeli, E.J. (2012). Career Adapt-Abilities Scale: Construction, reliability, and measurement equivalence across 13 countries. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 80(3), 661-673.