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Assessment of Life Events during Adolescence: The Use of Self-Report Inventories.
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Williams, Carolyn L.; Uchiyama, Craig – Adolescence, 1989
Notes that the assessment of stressful life events during adolescence is important to both research and clinical practice. Reviews self-report inventories which have been developed in recent years to measure life events for adolescents, emphasizing conceptual and methodological issues which created problems in earlier inventories. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Life Events, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Stress Variables
The New MAACL Scales with Adolescents: Preliminary Reliability and Validity Determinations.
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Nickel, Elizabeth J.; And Others – Adolescence, 1986
Reports the reliability and concurrent validity of both the trait and state forms of the Multiple Affect Adjective Check List (MAACL) with a high school population, age range of 14-16 years and educational range of 9th and 10th grades (N=403). Findings indicate the MAACL is sufficiently reliable and valid to warrant additional use with an…
Descriptors: High School Students, Secondary Education, Sex Differences, Test Reliability
The Adolescent Life Change Event Scale: Its Development and Use.
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Yeaworth, Rosalee C.; And Others – Adolescence, 1992
Reviewed 25 studies, involving total of 4,024 adolescents from 9 states, which used Adolescent Life Change Event Questionnaire. Findings included gender and age differences in number of events experienced and perceived stressfulness, and relationship between events experienced and suicidal ideation. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences, Life Events
The Knowledge of Child Development Inventory.
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Larsen, John J.; Juhasz, Anne McCreary – Adolescence, 1986
Describes the Knowledge of Child Development Inventory (KCDI), a multiple-choice test of knowledge of child development from birth to age three in the areas of emotional, cognitive, physical, and social development. Normative data, reliability, and validity statistics are given. (Author/BL)
Descriptors: Child Development, Knowledge Level, Measurement, Test Construction
The Relationship of Psychological Adjustment to Perceived Family Functioning among African-American Adolescents.
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Piatt, Andrea L.; And Others – Adolescence, 1993
Administered Family-of-Origin Scale (FOS) for adolescents, measure of perceived psychological health in respondent's family, concurrently with Langner Symptom Survey (LSS), measure of adjustment, to 135 African-American adolescents. LSS exhibited moderate, yet significant, correlations with FOS (total score, two superordinate dimensions, 6…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Black Students, Emotional Adjustment
Test Bias and the Culturally Different Early Adolescent.
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Roberts, Eileen; DeBlassie, Richard R. – Adolescence, 1983
Defines test bias as a phenomenon in which test scores result in negative outcomes for certain groups, often lower socioeconomic groups and minorities. Discusses three manifestations of test bias including content, atmosphere, and use bias and presents recommendations for remedying bias problems in testing the culturally different. (JAC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cultural Differences, Evaluation Methods, Intelligence Tests
Adolescent Stress: Issues of Measurement.
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Mullis, Ronald L.; And Others – Adolescence, 1993
Examined whether variations in construction and scoring (frequency, sum, average scores) of life events scale (stress measure) for adolescents yielded different outcomes. Findings from 1,740 high school students indicated that frequency of life events and their average intensity were distinct measures and of equal importance when assessing stress…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Evaluation Problems, High School Students, High Schools