A five-factor structure in ratings by teachers is proposed as useful and theoretically justifiable, comprising stable and unstable aspects of extraversion-introversion, and a dimension of Competence or the Good Pupil. (Editor)

This paper reports the dimensions found in the responses of a sample of Sydney fifth grade children to an omnibus anxiety questionnaire. (Editor)

Article focused on the relation of needs to life styles and an objective questionnaire, devised by Dr. Thorne, intended to measure Adlerian life styles. (Author/RK)

Seven studies explored the relationships between risk-taking predispositions and health attitudes, beliefs, and involvement. Data were gathered from surveys, and from lab and field experiments on 1,323 subjects. Findings indicated five risk-taking factors: adventurousness, rebelliousness, impulsiveness, physical risk taking, and unconventional…

Both common factor analysis and components analysis are useful techniques for reducing the number of variables in a data set or for identifying underlying covariance structures that exist among a set of variables. Although researchers have for some years debated the appropriateness of selecting one of these methods over the other, components…

Factor analysis is used frequently by researchers as a data reduction and summarization technique. Many analysts use exploratory factor analysis to search for underlying dimensions in attitudinal studies. Concern arises when novice researchers rely solely on information derived from computer printouts to factor analyze data, dismissing theoretical…

To develop a method of categorizing public relations practitioners according to a hierarchy of professionalism which would also identify what training is needed to raise those in lower levels to higher levels, a study surveyed 93 Iowa practitioners listed in the 1986-87 Public Relations Society of America Register Issue. Response rate was 66% and…

To understand better the ethical inclinations of public relations students, a study examined students' self-reported ethical beliefs and behaviors regarding their college work. In two mid-Atlantic state universities, a questionnaire was administered to communication classes for college juniors and seniors during the winter term 1988, yielding 258…

Most theories of attributions are multidimensional, suggesting that specific causal factors can be classified along such dimensions as internal-external, stable-unstable, or controllable-uncontrollable. To examine the dimensions underlying causal attributions in an educational setting, 345 students who had just received a grade on a major course…

Generalizability or invariance procedures have been known for over three decades. Through the years, these procedures have not been widely discussed or employed. One reason for the lack of use is that most of the articles on invariance procedures have been mathematically oriented. The mathematical orientation of research articles and the lack of…

Through a review of the literature, this paper explores the viability of the rotation of canonical correlation analysis results. The similarities and dissimilarities between factor analysis and canonical correlation analysis are examined. The logic supporting a preference for the rotation of structure coefficients as opposed to function…

While scales assessing psychological well-being have been used both as criterion measures and as variables of interest in their own right, there has been little attempt to deal with the issue of the time-boundedness of perceived well-being. A study was undertaken to examine the combined factor structure of two measures of well-being, the…

This study examined the psychometric pro-properties of the Test Anxiety Scale (TAS). Exploring the factor structure of the TAS was a major focus. Two hundred introductory psychology students completed the TAS. Both orthogonal (varimax) and oblique (direct quartimon) rotations were used to rotate obtained two- and three-factor solutions. The final…