Obtained Wherry and Wherry (1969) hierarchical factor solutions on scale intercorrelations for three age groups included in the standardization sample for the British Ability Scales. After the extraction of factors most scales retained greater reliable specific variance than typically is found in ability measures. (JAC)

A total of 40 subjects between the ages of 48 and 60 months were tested on separate measures of physical skill, physical appearance, intelligence, and cooperation. Additionally, three self-concept tests for preschoolers were administered: the Thomas Self-Concept Values Test, the Pre-School Self-Concept Picture Test, and the Purdue Self-Concept…

This follow up study is in response to Miller, Fleming, and Brown-Andersons (1998) study of ethnic differences between Caucasians and African-Americans where the authors suggested that the Spiritual Well-Being (SWB) Scale may need to be interpreted differently depending on ethnicity. In this study, confirmatory factor analyses were conducted for…

The stability of a two-factor model recently proposed for the Gibb Experimental Test of Testwiseness was assessed, using confirmatory factor analysis. Designed to measure seven specific testwiseness skills with 10 items per skill, Gibb's test has been shown to discriminate between persons trained and untrained in selected testwiseness skills. Such…

An instrument was developed to measure the resourcefulness and self-directedness of students in maintaining their motivation on academic goal tasks. The Academic Volitional Strategy Inventory (AVSI) is a self-report instrument designed to assess the management of emotion and motivation by college students during the goal-striving process. An…

This study investigated the dimensions of sex role orientation measured by the revised Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI; S. Bem, 1974) and the revised Personal Attributes Questionnaire (PAQ; J. Spence, R. Helmreich, and J. Strapp, 1975). Participants were 651 undergraduates in introductory psychology courses. The sample was approximately 50% male and…

A 40 item, Likert type attitude inventory was completed by a sample fo 448 teachers in schools with sixth forms. Implications for policy making in the area of sixth form education are briefly discussed. (Editor)

From a factor analysis of 33 variables on 83 first-grade children an animism factor, involving children's conceptions of life, was identified. Animism was found to be relatively independent of operational thought, Piagetian-type problem solving, and the ability to give causal explanations of physical phenomena. (Author)

Purpose of this study was to determine the reproduciblity of the RSAP factor structure in college samples. (Authors)

Data collected in a study of hospital staff attitudes to drug addicts and other types of patients are used to illustrate the problem of concept-scale interaction in semantic differential research. (Authors)

A general theoretical rationale is outlined for identifying different kinds of traits, states and function fluctuations of intelligence, providing a basis for developing a set of mathematical procedures which would allow for some separation of traits and states, both seen as patterns of distinct but covarying processes. (Author/MB)

The Little Jiffy" consists of principal components analysis and varimax rotation of all components with eigenvalues greater than one. (DG)

Results indicate that factor types in Q-technique studies will be considerably more influenced by ordering preferences than they will be by distribution preferences. (AG)

A computer program designed to compare factors from similar concept matrices (person by scale) obtained at different times is presented. (PR)