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Astin, Alexander W.; Astin, Helen S.; Lindholm, Jennifer A. – Journal of College Student Development, 2011
This paper describes a comprehensive set of 12 new measures for studying undergraduate students' spiritual and religious development. The three measures of spirituality, four measures of "spiritually related" qualities, and five measures of religiousness demonstrate satisfactory reliability, robustness, and both concurrent and predictive validity.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Higher Education, Predictive Validity, Holistic Approach
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Pascarella, Ernest T. – Journal of College Student Development, 1999
Originally published in January 1989, reviews a longitudinal study that compared changes in critical thinking over a one-year period between matched groups of college and non-college students. Results indicate that students who attended college for one year scored higher in critical thinking than the matched group of students who did not attend.…
Descriptors: College Attendance, College Students, Critical Thinking, High School Seniors
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Picklesimer, Billie K.; Miller, Theodore K. – Journal of College Student Development, 1998
Reviews development, evaluation, and utility of the Life-Skills Development Inventory-College Form. Results taken from 553 college students establish the reliability and validity of the revised instrument for assessing life-skill achievement in college students. Implications for developmental interventions in response to identified student needs…
Descriptors: College Students, Daily Living Skills, Developmental Tasks, Higher Education