Calling and Vocation Questionnaire: Psychometric properties of the Italian version

The multidimensional Calling and Vocation Questionnaire (CVQ) is the most widely used self-report questionnaire to assess calling. The present study examined the psychometric properties of the Italian version of the multidimensional Calling and Vocation Questionnaire (CVQ), implementing a series of confirmatory factor analyses. Participants were 181 Italian workers from Tuscany in Central Italy. Confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) of the CVQ were run. Two-factor, six-factor, higher order, and two-Bifactor models were tested. Internal consistency was assessed via Cronbach’s alphas. CFA showed that a two-bifactor model revealed the best fit (six factors simultaneously regressed on two general factors [CVQ-presence and CVQ-search]). Internal consistency of the scale was found to be good. The good psychometric properties of the CVQ were confirmed in the Italian version, highlighting that the CVQ is a valid instrument to measure calling in Italian workers.