The PSS10 has been used widely and is helpful to identify at-risk individuals for clinical mental illness such that timely early intervention can be provided. Directions for applying PSS10 with college freshmen and transfer students are suggested noting several non-negligible psychometric concerns including gender bias and violation of ordinality…

This study employed confirmatory factor analysis to examine the quality of fit of two measurement models of the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire (N = 305). Following the observation of poor fit, exploratory factor analysis was used. Results indicated six factors that account for the variance in Student Adaptation to College…

The psychometric properties of measures of self-efficacy for the six themes of Holland's theory were examined using item response theory. Item and scale quality were compared across levels of the trait continuum; all the scales were highly reliable but differentiated better at some levels of the continuum than others. Applications for adaptive…

Conducted two studies and factor analyzed nine measures of career decidedness taken by first-year college students (Study 1, n=182; Study 2, n=168). Single factor empirically defined choice status, suggesting that, although a variety of words used in items to assess choice connote multiple dimensions in the construct of choice status, these words…

Explored validity of Superiority Scale and Goal Instability Scale in predicting levels of adjustment to academic, personal, social, and institutional demands of college life among matriculating freshman women. Freshman women completed two scales first upon arrival at college (N=178) and again near end of first semester (N=88). Results provided…

Holland's construct of differentiation was studied with measures of development, career decisiveness, and achievement. College freshmen completed either the Student Development Task Inventory (N=349) or the Career Decision Scale (N=51). All subjects completed the American College Testing Program's Interest Inventory. Results support Holland's…

Administered anticipated adjustment form of Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire (SACQ) to entering college freshmen majoring in science or engineering, then administered actual adjustment form in October of freshman year. Results support use of SACQ for this group. Comparison of results from anticipated and actual adjustment forms suggests…

Administered the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) to 160, first-year college students so as to ascertain its convergent and discriminant validities with respect to other psychological instruments. Results indicate that the internal consistency of the BDI-II is high with college students and it displays convergent validity with other…

Describes investigation utilizing frequency analysis of variance to determine effects of home language, faculty, frequency of guidance, and guidance experience on vocational identity of 1558 black South African university freshmen. Suggests that, although collected data supports continued use of My Vocational Situation with population, further…

Describes investigation examining utility of Scholastic Aptitude Test and Noncognitive Questionnaire to predict grades and retention of 431 Asian American students entering a large eastern university. Both were established as significant predictors. (Author/CRR)

Administered Lifestyle Assessment Questionnaire to 575 matriculating college freshmen to explore mean subscale differences across gender and to examine interrelationships among 11 subscales. Found 11 subscales to be highly intercorrelated; subscales appeared to measure underlying behavioral wellness and cognitive wellness dimensions. (Author/NB)

Examined relationship between My Vocational Situation (MVS) scores and students' grade point averages and differences related to age or sex using college freshmen (N=2,532). Results provided a considerable amount of normative, psychometric, and comparative data about the MVS. (Author/ABL)

Rates of accurate recall of the Strong Interest Inventory (SII; L. W. Harmon, J. C. Hansen, F. H. Borgen, & A. L. Hammer, 1994) profile information varied with the amount of time elapsed since the interpretation, the type of SII scale, and whether immediate recall was elicited, but rates did not vary with the strategy used to provide the…