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Meier, Scott; Davis, Susan – 1983
For people-helping professionals, the concept of burnout describes the physical and emotional exhaustion they feel on the job. A cognitive-behavioral model defines burnout as a state in which individuals expect few rewards and considerable punishment from work, due to lack of valued reinforcement, controllable outcomes, or personal competence.…
Descriptors: Burnout, Cognitive Processes, Expectation, Human Services
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Fraser, Barry J.; Fisher, Darrell L. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1986
To facilitate science teachers' use of classroom climate assessments, economical short forms of the Classroom Environment Scale, Individualized Classroom Environment Questionnaire, and My Class Inventory were developed. Each instrument contains only 25 items and is amenable to easy hand scoring. Developmental procedures, reliability, validity, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Measures (Individuals), Science Education
Jones, Paul L.; Young, Patricia – 1983
The initial form of the Coping with Death Scale consisted of 30 items designed to obtain responses arranged along a seven-point Likert-type scale. Each item on the scale was derived from personal responses of students who completed a death and dying seminar. The items appeared to fall into two categories: coping with self and coping with others.…
Descriptors: Death, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Higher Education
Falbo, Toni; Belk, Sharyn S. – 1983
A seven item Likert-type scale was developed to measure self-righteousness, defined as the conviction that one's beliefs and actions are correct, especially in contrast to the beliefs and actions of others. The Self Righteousness Questionnaire (SRQ) measures three components of self-righteousness: belittlement, acceptance, and uncertainty. The…
Descriptors: Adults, Beliefs, Dogmatism, Opinions
Kelley, Kathryn – 1985
Self-destructiveness can be viewed in two ways: as performing an act which one knows cognitively is not conducive to one's welfare but nonetheless leads to some pleasurable affect (e.g., overeating, smoking); or not performing an act one knows one should perform but which has some negative affective consequences (e.g., dental checkups, saving…
Descriptors: Adults, Affective Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Locus of Control
Young, Rosalie F.; Kahana, Eva – 1983
Traditionally, coping and adaptation have been considered synonymous in individual's responses to illness and other stressful situations. The Illness Adaptation Scale (IAS) is a 12-item instrument which was designed to assess adaptational outcomes in illness situations as well as four coping modes (instrumental-self oriented, instrumental-other…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adults, Alcoholism, Coping
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Collis, Kevin F.; And Others – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1986
Described are procedures followed in developing, administering, and scoring a set of mathematical problem-solving superitems and examining their construct validity through a recently developed evaluation technique associated with a taxonomy of the structure of learned outcomes. Data strongly support the validity of the underlying theoretical…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Education, Problem Solving
Putnam, Frank W.; And Others – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1993
Evaluation of the Child Dissociative Checklist found it to be a reliable and valid observer report measure of dissociation in children, including sexually abused girls and children with dissociative disorder and with multiple personality disorder. The checklist, which is appended, is intended as a clinical screening instrument and research measure…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Children, Emotional Disturbances, Psychological Evaluation
Bailey, James R.; And Others – 1983
Compulsivity and obsessiveness are vaguely defined terms which include a broad range of behaviors and cognitions that have been elusive to quantify. To introduce the 22-item Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (OCS) and to perform preliminary validation studies, 114 (46 male, 68 female) college students and 57 counseling clients completed the OCS on two…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Higher Education, Personality Measures
Sager, Beatrice W. – 1983
Anticipation of negative consequences and sex role have both been found to contribute to fear of success (FOS). Specifically, research has found that expressive personalities (feminine) exhibit high FOS while instrumental personalities (masculine) exhibit low FOS. To demonstrate that values, especially those associated with sex roles, determine…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Fear of Success, Females, Low Achievement
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Marsh, Herbert W.; O'Neill, Rosalie – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1984
The Self-Description Questionnaire III (SDQ III) was designed to measure 13 factors of self-concept. The reliabilities of the factors were high, and correlations among them were low. Academic achievement measures in language and mathematics were correlated with self-concepts in the same areas but not with other self-concept factors. (Author/DWH)
Descriptors: Correlation, Factor Structure, Higher Education, Self Concept
Myers, David C.; And Others – 1984
A battery of physical ability tests was validated using a predictive, criterion-related strategy. The battery was given to 1,003 female soldiers and 980 male soldiers before they had begun Army Basic Training. Criterion measures which represented physical competency in Basic Training (physical proficiency tests, sick call, profiles, and separation…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Criterion Referenced Tests, Job Performance, Military Personnel
Amos, Lundee W.; And Others – 1985
The development of the Invitational Teaching Survey (ITS) which measures personally and professionally inviting teacher practices within the framework of invitational education was discussed. The development included initial item identification, validity evidence based on judgments, item selection based on judgments, validity evidence from a…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance
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Germann, Paul J. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1989
Describes a paper-and-pencil test for high school biology students measuring science process skills, such as developing hypotheses; making predictions; identifying assumptions; analyzing data; and formulating conclusions. Reports some data on reliability and validity of the test. Provides all 35 items of the test. (YP)
Descriptors: Biology, Science Materials, Science Tests, Secondary Education
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Reis, Sally M.; Renzulli, Joseph S. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1991
Development of the Student Product Assessment Form to evaluate formally the products of students in gifted and talented education programs is described. Results from content validation procedures, reliability tests, scoring, and interrater agreement indicate that the assessment tool is both reliable and valid. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Check Lists, Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
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