Career Decision Self-Efficacy: The Influence of Film and Television Business Coursework on Young Film/TV Professionals

Based on the research question, the study’s approach was quantitative, specifically utilizing a non-experimental, cross-sectional design. All young film/TV professionals constituted the population, with the authors using random selection to sample 500 of the 4,761 members from Awesome Assistants, a Facebook group that allows followers to discuss news and careers in the film/TV industry. A 25-question survey called the Career Decision Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form (CDSES-SF) captured data, with the authors asking demographic questions about age and film/TV business coursework. The authors received 267 individual responses. Subjects under 18 years old, or over 35 years old, were not considered during the analysis. Respondents who did not answer their age or at least one item from each subscale within the CDSES-SF were also eliminated. For the remaining 240 subjects, the authors ran descriptive statistics and a t test using IBM Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) Statistics 27. A p-value less than .05 constituted statistical significance.

本研究基于既定研究问题采用定量研究方法，具体运用非实验性横断面设计（cross-sectional design）。本研究的研究总体为所有青年影视从业者，作者从供成员讨论影视行业资讯与职业发展的Facebook群组Awesome Assistants的4761名成员中，随机抽取500名作为研究样本。本研究采用25题版职业决策自我效能感量表简版（Career Decision Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form, CDSES-SF）收集数据，同时采集了受访者年龄与影视行业课程修习情况的人口统计学信息。研究共回收267份个体问卷。分析阶段，作者排除了年龄低于18岁或高于35岁的受访者，以及未报告年龄或未完成CDSES-SF各子量表至少一道题目的作答者，最终纳入240名有效被试。作者使用IBM统计产品与服务解决方案（Statistical Product and Service Solutions, SPSS）Statistics 27对该样本开展描述性统计与t检验，以p值小于0.05作为统计学显著性判定标准。