The purpose of this research was to develop and validate a new instrument, the Dynamic Career Scale (DCS), which measures four different modes of functioning in facing career failures and challenges (mania, envy, manic reparation, and true reparation) according to Klein’s object relations theory. Two studies were respectively conducted on adult working participants (N = 260, Study 1) and newly-qualified psychologists enrolled in a career research program (N = 196, Study 2), to assess reliability, factorial validity and convergent evidence of validity. Overall, findings suggest adequate psychometric properties of the DCS and its potential usefulness to grasp unconscious processes affecting career adjustment.

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动态职业量表（DCS）的开发和验证：职业调整的心理动力学概念

这项研究的目的是开发和验证一种新的工具，即动态职业量表（DCS），根据克莱因的说法，该工具可以测量四种不同的功能模式以应对职业失败和挑战（躁狂，嫉妒，躁狂赔偿和真实赔偿）。对象关系理论。分别对成年工作参与者（N = 260，研究1）和新加入职业研究计划的心理学家（N = 196，研究2）进行了两项研究，以评估信度，因果效度和效度的收敛证据。总体而言，研究结果表明DCS具有足够的心理测量特性，并且对于掌握影响职业调整的无意识过程具有潜在的实用性。