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Peer reviewedMarcus, Bernd – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2003
Contrasted a new measure of self-control, the Retrospective Behavioral Self-Control scale (RBS), with the most widespread measure of this construct (H. Grasmick and others, 1993). Results show that the RBS measured the general factor of behavior across samples of 214 and 213 undergraduates and 76 employees, but the other scale, used with only one…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Construct Validity, Employees, Higher Education
Peer reviewedForsyth, R.; Sadava, S. W. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1977
Four measures of college student drug use are investigated: frequency of cannabis use, time as a user, range of polydrug experimentation and self-reported adverse consequences of use. Implications for measurement development and for a multidimensional concept of drug use are discussed. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Drug Abuse, Evaluation Criteria
Peer reviewedLee, David J.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1987
This study evaluated the validity of the Type A behavior pattern as measured by paper-and-pencil questionnaires. The Jenkins Activity Survey, Framingham Type A Scale, Thurstone Activity Scales, a new bipolar adjective Type A measure, and measures of achievement and nurturance needs were completed by 418 students. (Author/BS)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Comparative Testing, Construct Validity, Factor Structure
