Career Barriers Inventory - Revised.
CBI-R
- What it measures
- Perceived career-related barriers across 13 scales, including sex discrimination, lack of confidence, multiple-role conflict, conflict between children and career demands, racial discrimination, inadequate preparation, disapproval by significant others, decision-making difficulties, dissatisfaction with career, discouragement from non-traditional careers, disability and health concerns, job-market constraints, and difficulties with networking and socialisation.
- Length and format
- 102 (original CBI 1996); CBI-R approx 70 items in 13 scales - CBI-R count unverified. 7-pt likelihood and hindrance ratings (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Korean, Turkish, Chinese and Spanish adaptations reported - count unverified
- 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
- Swanson, J.L., Daniels, K.K., & Tokar, D.M. (1996). Assessing perceptions of career-related barriers: The Career Barriers Inventory. Journal of Career Assessment, 4(2), 219-244. https://doi.org/10.1177/106907279600400207
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