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Peer reviewedSt. Lawrence, Janet S.; And Others – Psychological Assessment, 1994
The Condom Attitude Scale by W.P. Saco and others (1991) was modified for use with adolescents. Four studies involving 595 African American and 52 white adolescents demonstrate acceptable internal consistency, a stable factor structure, and criterion and convergent validity with other measures conceptually related to condom use attitudes. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitude Measures, Blacks, Condoms
Peer reviewedNelson, Edward A.; Uhl, Norman P. – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 1974
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, Black Colleges, College Freshmen
Download full textByrnes, Deborah A.; Kiger, Gary – 1987
Two scales were developed to measure racial attitudes in contemporary society: the Social Scale and the Social Scenarios Scale. New scales were needed because the items in older tests are outdated, and because in modern society negative attitudes are often masked by rationalizations that purportedly do not have to do with racial prejudice. The new…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Blacks, Education Majors, Factor Structure
Greene, John F.; Zirkel, Perry A. – 1975
This document comprises two papers. The stated purpose of the first paper was to describe the development of the "Cultural Attitude Scales" (CAS), a pictorial measure designed to assess attitudes toward the black, Puerto Rican, and Anglo-American cultures. The development of the CAS encompassed: (1) the derivation of an item pool from…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Attitude Measures, Black Culture, Cultural Awareness
Whitmore, Joanne Rand – 1974
Preliminary research testing the reliability and the validity of the "Thinking About My School" (TAMS) instrument is reported, and extensive data and analyses are included for the benefit of those who wish to do further evaluative work. Instructions for scoring and appropriate conditions for administering TAMS to students with low…
Descriptors: Black Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Environment, Elementary Education
Kimball, Ronald L.; And Others – 1971
There was some concern that Holland's Self Directed Search for Educational and Vocational Planning (SDS) was inappropriate to use with blacks since it may steer them toward more Realistic occupations not requiring a college education. The purpose of the study was to compare the pattern of vocational planning choices for black and white students…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Attitude Measures, Behavioral Objectives, Blacks
Tracey, Terence J.; Sedlacek, William E. – 1982
A questionnaire designed to assess seven non-cognitive variables found to be related to college success particularly for minority students (Sedlacek and Brooks, 1976) was administered to two successive samples of incoming freshmen at the University of Maryland, College Park. The Non-Cognitive Questionnaire (NCQ) consists to two nominal items…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Blacks
