REVISION OF THE CAREER MATURITY INVENTORY

Since the last edition of the Career Maturity Inventory (CMI; Crites, 1978a) was published, it has become increasingly apparent that a revis ion is needed. Five considerations directed the preparation and constr uction of the 1995 CMI: (a) to reduce administration and testing time, (b) to extend the CMI to the postsecondary adult levels, (c) to elimi nate subscales, (d) to construct a collateral Career Developer (CDR) f or the interpretation of the CMI, and (e) to offer both hand- and mach ine-scoring options for individuals and aggregate data analysis. The 1 995 CMI was derived from the 1978 edition, but it is also based on pre viously unpublished longitudinal data for item selection, which augmen t the original cross-sectional data. In addition, new Competence Test items were written, with Agree and Disagree response options, to repla ce the former 5-response-place items. The 1995 CMI now consists of 25 Attitude scale items and 25 Competence Test items, each yielding a sco re that measures degree of career maturity of conative and cognitive v ariables, respectively. In addition, there is an overall career maturi ty score that is a composite of attitudes and competencies.