El Salvador has a new higher education law that established minimum requirements for educational quality. Analyzing data from El Salvador's 39 private universities made available by the country's Ministry of Education, this study assesses educational quality among these universities, especially addressing the effect of the size of the university…

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 purpose of this study was to validate the Louisiana SAM Instructional Staff Questionnaire, a key component of the Louisiana School Analysis Model. The model was designed as a comprehensive evaluation tool for schools. Principle axis factoring with oblique rotation was used to uncover the underlying structure of the SISQ. (Contains 1 table.)

To increase the understanding of help seeking by college students in large classes, this study examined the help-seeking attitudes, intentions, and goals, and the preferred helping resources of 883 college students. Factor analysis suggested that students could be parsimoniously described by two help-seeking orientations: (1) strategic/adaptive,…

This study reports ad hoc findings of a study research project that explored the statistical properties of a questionnaire investigating the factors that motivate individuals to pursue higher education. The researcher used the literature-based, researcher-developed Factors Influencing Participation in Higher Education Questionnaire (S. Harris,…

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 self-report Intervention Strategies Scale was developed in order to assess teachers' use of positive and restrictive discipline strategies with students who display hyperactive and aggressive behavior in the classroom. Pilot work produced a 26-item instrument using a 5-point Likert scale. An orthogonal varimax rotation was performed using…

This paper describes the development and construct validation of a new instrument of teacher efficacy, the Sources of Self-Efficacy Inventory (SOSI), which was created to address shortcomings in previous measures that purported to measure this construct. Development of the SOSI was based on a model of teacher efficacy posited by M.…

Holland's Vocational Preference Inventory was administered to 373 undergraduates. The 11 scales of the inventory were intercorrelated and factor analyzed. Six common factors were obtained. The placement of the six personality types in six-dimensional space by factor analysis corresponded closely to Holland's model. (Author)

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)

This study is an investigation into the possibility of a relationship between college students' memories of their parents and their current usage or nonusage of illegal drugs. (Author)

A study of 287 kindergartners, who were retested in second grade, indicated that two major factor dimensions jointly account for much of the social-emotional behavior of children and are relatively stable personality dimensions. (ST)

Three methods of estimating factor scores were compared. Multiple regression weighted summation, and unweighted summation. All methods were found to be accurate. (ST)

The purpose of the present study was to factor analyze a set of items frequently used to measure Maslow need categories to obtain further information on their structure in relation to the Maslow system. (Author)

Research which is relevant to the study of creativity over the last century is reviewed and reasons are suggested for the upsurge and recession of interest in creativity. (Author)