Development of career anxiety measurement scale for university students majoring in physical education and estimating risk ratio of career anxiety utilizing 1-parameter logistic model

This study developed a career anxiety measurement scale suitable for university students majoring in physical education and actual use, information on the risk rate of career anxiety was presented to respondents. 400 Korean students were measured for first development survey, and 240 students were measured for utilizing survey. Winsteps 5.7.1 and Bayesian 1.0 programs were used and the significance level was set at 0.05. The results were as follows. First, in terms of content validity, the number of 30 career anxiety measurement questions and 5-point response categories suitable for university students majoring in physical education was determined. Second, applying the Rasch rating scale model, the 5-point response category was changed to a 4-point response category by verifying the suitability of the number of response categories. Third, through an item fit test, four misfit items and one overfit item were removed. Fourth, through analysis of differential item functioning questions according to gender, two inappropriate questions were removed. Fifth, the suitability of the developed 23-item 4-point scale was verified through the map of person ability and item difficulty. Lastly, the career anxiety measurement scale for university students majoring in physical education developed through this study was actually used, and the risk rate of career anxiety was presented to respondents.