Career Exploration Survey.
CES
The career-exploration process and its reactions/beliefs: process scales (Environmental Exploration, Self-Exploration, Number of Occupations Considered, Intended-Systematic Exploration, Frequency, Amount, Focus), three reactions (Satisfaction with Information, Exploratory Stress, Decisional Stress), and several exploration beliefs (e.g. employment outlook, certainty of outcomes, external/internal instrumentality).
- Length and format
- ~55-62 across 16 subscales (commonly cited as ~55; some versions ~62). Likert ratings of exploration behaviors, reactions and beliefs (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Adapted internationally (e.g. Chinese and other versions) in career-exploration research
- Licence
- open with attribution
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- Reference
- Stumpf, S.A., Colarelli, S.M., & Hartman, K. (1983). Development of the Career Exploration Survey (CES). Journal of Vocational Behavior, 22(2), 191-226.
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