Scores for the construct scales. With certain items the answer case is shaded (dark grey).
In the three columns (DMC , CA , EC ) to the right of the answer case the numeric values
of the answers are transcribed – above an already existing line.
These values of the answers brought on the first page in the area of construct scales
(DMC, CA, EC ) are summed up and the results written down in the lower case of the
respective column (DMC 1 sum, CA 1 sum, EC 1 sum).
The same procedure on the next page yields: DMC 2 sum, CA 2 sum, EC 2 sum.
The total results for each of these construct scales are summed up in separate cases.
On administering CTI, we get a CTI Total (as a global indicator of dysfunctional
thinking in career-oriented problem solving and decision-making), and other scores for
three construct scales; here is what they mean:
- Decision Making Confusion (DMC – 14 items): the scale reflects an
inability to start and go through the process of choosing a career as a result of
lack of emotional support and/or misunderstanding the decision-making
process. - Commitment Anxiety (CA – 10 items): the scale reflects an inability to
make a commitment for a certain career-related choice, accompanied by
general anxiety regarding the implications of the decision-making, which
only perpetuate indecision. - External Conflict (EC – 5 items): the scale reflects the inability to balance
the importance of self-image with other significant external facts for one’s
personal career, which results in a permanent oscillation in decision-making.
These values are finally transferred to the grids for obtaining an individual profile (they
are three – for adults, students, pupils) and situated on the final page of the CTI leaflet.
The darker (higher) the profile, the more serious the dysfunction.
Necessary time for scoring is 5-8 minutes.
Result interpretation targets the diminution of dysfunctional career-oriented thoughts
through cognitive restructuring.
“Therapeutic” interventions (in group or individual) orientated towards cognitive
restructuring have two basic components:
- evaluating older cognitions;
- proposing less destructive and dysfunctional versions of new “representations
and beliefs”, at the same time checking them in real life and comparing them
to the old ones.
In short, the interpretation of the inventory is based on CTI Total, the scores obtained in
the construct scales, and certain individual items.