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Illovsky, Michael E. – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2010
This is a study of 57 graduate students and 229 undergraduate students in classes preparing them to be teachers. The survey extended over a period of five years, involving 14 classes in a college of education. Using the Personality Research Form scales to compare the psychological aspects of undergraduate and graduate college of education…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Psychology, Psychological Patterns
Besyner, James K.; And Others – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1978
This article describes an attempt to differntiate Holland's six types by means of personality need variables. Participants were administered Holland's VPI and Jackson's Personality Research Form (PRF). One-way analyses of variance revealed that PRF variables could not differentiate Holland's six types. (Author)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Personality Assessment
Jackson, Douglas N.; And Others – 1971
In a comparative evaluation of a standard true-false format for personality assessment and a forced-choice format, subjects from college residential units were assigned randomly to respond either to the forced-choice or standard true-false form of the Personality Research Form (PRF). All subjects also rated themselves and the members of their…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, College Housing, College Students, Comparative Analysis

Harper, Frank B. W. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1975
The Personality Research Form and the Achievement Anxiety Test were compared to the Thematic Apperception Test and Mandler-Sarason Test Anxiety Questionnaire. The former were equally reliable and valid measures of motive for success and motive to avoid failure. The ease of administration and scoring would recommend their use to researchers.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Comparative Analysis, Failure