Usable data from 214 of 227 college students who completed the Career Factors Inventory (CFI), Career Choice Status Inventory, Vocational Identity Scale, and Career Development Inventory demonstrated the CFI's construct validity through correlations with age and years in school. Concurrent validity was supported by correlations with career…

Demonstrates difficulty in proving medium-term and long-term effects of career maturity on career adjustment and the connection with research and theoretical shortcomings. Presents empirical evidence supporting self-concept orientation in choice of present major and realization of preferences acts as mediating factors between career development…

A new self-report identity inventory was developed that avoids some of the shortcomings of previous measures and offers the advantages of short completion time, objective scoring, and separate, continuous exploration and commitment scores. Three samples of college students were utilized, and evidence was presented of moderately high reliability…

Predictive validity of Education Participation Scale Alternative form was demonstrated by relating interview data and estimates to actual scores. Responses from 845 North American and Asian adults entered into discriminant function equations successfully classified 60 percent by gender, 25 percent by age, and 65 percent by ethnicity. Soundness of…

The concurrent validity of the original and revised versions of the Leiter International Performance Scale was examined with 26 children (ages 4-16) with autism. Although the correlation between the two tests was high (.87), there were significant intra-individual discrepancies present in 10 cases, two of which were both large and clinically…

Describes the development of an instrument for measuring the attitudes toward computers and information technology of post-compulsory students ages 16-19 years in the United Kingdom. Highlights include a theoretical model; reliability and validity; internal consistency; test-retest reliability; and criterion validity. A copy of the Computer…

This study investigated whether a global cognitive development construct could effectively predict both concurrent and future Grade 1 achievement in reading, writing, and mathematics and whether there were gender differences in the relationship between the construct and achievement. Sixty-five first grade pupils were selected for the study.…

This study examined the concurrent validity and diagnostic efficiency of the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test (K-BIT) with 75 elementary and middle school students with learning disabilities, who had been referred for triennial multidisciplinary re-evaluations. High and significant correlations were found between the K-BIT and the Wechsler…

Two studies were conducted to develop and examine internal consistencies and validate the Abbreviated Multidimensional Acculturation Scale. Findings indicated good internal reliabilities for all 3 subscales. Adequate concurrent validity was established with length of residence in the United States. The scale also showed adequate convergent and…

This study examined the concurrent validity of the Emotional Intelligence Inventory (M. Tapia, 2001) and the Emotional Intelligence Scale (N. Schutte and others, 1998). The responses to the inventories of 234 college students, 84 males and 250 females, were analyzed. Correlations between the total score on the two scales were significant.…

The present study developed and assessed reliability and validity of a new instrument, the Intercultural Sensitivity Scale (ISS). Based on a review of the literature, 44 items thought to be important for intercultural sensitivity were generated. A sample of 414 college students rated these items and generated a 24-item final version of the…

Explored validity of Schwartz Outcome Scale (SOS-10) for use with people possibly motivated to "fake good," and therefore unwilling to admit problems, and with people who, because of denial, might be unaware of their psychological distress. Investigated discriminant validity of SOS-10 by comparing it with another inventory designed primarily to…

Seeks to determine the degree to which two measures of phonological awareness/ability (Test of Phonological Awareness; Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing) correlate with each other and with a measure of reading, and to determine which measure of phonological ability best predicts early reading skill in kindergarten children. With one…

Three studies in the development of the Patient Reactions Assessment (PRA), involving a total of 19 nurses, 13 counseling students, and 417 cancer patients, are described. Concurrent validity of the PRA is supported, and confirmatory factor analysis supports the conceptual model on which the scale is built. (SLD)