The purpose of this article is to describe the development and applica
tion of the Career Transition Inventory (CTI; Heppner, 1991). The CTI
is designed to assess psychological resources, or conversely barriers,
that adults may experience during a career transition. This article d
iscusses the CTI scale construction, including its theoretical base, f
actor analysis, reliability, and validity estimates. In addition, info
rmation is provided on how to interpret the various scales to adults i
n career transition.