This document describes the breadth of the research that the ETS (Educational Testing Service) Research & Development division is conducting in 2010. This portfolio will be updated in early 2011 to reflect changes to existing projects and new projects that were added after this document was completed. The research described in this portfolio falls…

Test performance and reported anxiety levels of high and low test-anxious subjects taking either a regular exam or an exam containing brief, written relaxation instructions were compared. High test-anxious subjects performed more poorly and reported greater worry and emotionality. Results provide greater external validity for Test Anxiety Scale.…

The predictive validity of the American College Test (ACT) for two classes totaling 2,289 students was investigated at successive intervals over four years of college. Correlational coefficients and expectancy tables substantiated the validity of the ACT for prediction of GPA, for progress, and for graduation within four years. (Author)

Validity of the Self-Disclosure Questionnaire as a measure of counselor effectiveness was investigated. Overall, results failed to support both the concurrent and predictive validity of the SDQ. The behavioral measure of actual self-disclosure was highly correlated with one of the empathy measures. (Author)

The Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory profiles for female and male pharmacy students were compared. Female and male students obtained similar interest patterns when separate norms for men and women were used. (Author)

A sample of male Investigative subjects (N=171) who completed the SDS as freshmen in 1970 was sent a questionnaire four years later. Results indicated that, for Investigative-type freshman males, the SDS has moderately high efficiency in predicting, four years later, their ultimate major and their immediate and future vocational plans. (Author)

Findings indicate the Beck Depression Inventory is a valid instrument for use in a college population. The Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient between the inventory and psychiatric estimate fell to .30 in a second sample in which one-14 days intervened between administration of the inventory and the psychiatric interview (N=27). (Author)

The convergent and divergent construct validity of the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory and the Vocational Interest Inventory was examined separately in samples of male and female college counselees. The validity of the SCII General Themes was strongly supported while minor weaknesses in certain Basic Interest and Occupational scales were…

Graduating seniors in the School of Business who were in either accounting, marketing, or behavioral studies and were seeking a career consistent with their area's concentration were compared for their scores on the Self-Directed Search. The accounting group was consistently differentiated from the other group. (Author)

This study was directed to the question: "How do minority students respond to an interest inventory?" If these students show different response patterns, then modifications need to be made in the counseling interpretations of such results or in the instruments. Holland's VPI was administered to 110 Educational Opportunities Program…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the construct validity of the occupational themes on the Strong Campbell Interest Inventory. Male (n=199) and female (n=204) college counseling center clients were administered the SCII and the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS). The occupational themes and related descriptors were validated in…

Tests Holland's assertion that stability of vocational choice can be predicted from: (a) congruence of personality with chosen career; (b) differentiation of personality; and (c) internal consistency of personality characteristics. The relationship of three constructs to stability of choice of college major was studied among 167 university…

Male threat from female competence (MTFC), a hypothesized personality disposition in males who experience competence in females as psychologically threatening, is assessed via a sentence-completion measure and validated in an experimental study of 91 ongoing college dating couples. Results are discussed. (Author)

Presents the results of a pilot study conducted to determine the utility of the Short Form (Form S) of the University Residence Environment Scale (URES) as a means of collecting information about the social climate of single-sex and coed residence halls. Results indicate some potential as well as some problems. (Author)

This report describes the rationale, development, technical characteristics, and use of the ACT Interest Inventory, which provides both descriptive information about an individual's interests and information to facilitate focused exploration of educational and career alternatives. The report begins with consideration of the question, "What…