The Personal Health Survey (PHS) is a 200-item inventory designed to sample symptomatology as subjective experiences from the 12 principal domains of organ system and psychophysiological functioning. This study investigates the factorial validity of the empirically constructed scales. (Author)

Tests the hypothesis that a marathon gestalt workshop would foster positive changes of personal adequacy, attitudes toward social behavior, and attitudinal qualities related to improved learning efficiency and academic achievement. Uses the California Psychological Inventory to determine any personal growth. (Author/RK)

Two instruments were developed and standardized on first-, second-, and third-grade boys and girls. The Toy Preference Test (TPT) measures sex-role preference, and/or Stereotypic Sex-Role Concepts of masculinity (SRCm) and femininity (SCRf), depending upon the instructions used for administration. The Rating Scale for Children (RSC) taps sex-role…

Teachers rated 1337 elementary school children to determine norms for the Hyperactivity Rating Scale; teacher ratings of 45 hyperactive children, referred by physicians, were also obtained. (Author)

Scores of 1,200 subjects on the Test Anxiety Scale were factor analyzed. Both cognitive "worry" and "emotionality" items loaded strongly on the first factor, which appears to reflect worry about oneself and one's performance on tests and a wide variety of physical and emotional consequences of this intense worry. (Author)

Mothers of about 100 toddlers completed the Toddler Temperament Scale when their children were 12, 18, and 24 months old. Other data sets were available for: (a) factors representing laboratory observations; (b) measures of mothers' temperament by mothers and by social workers; and (c) measures of the home and family environment by social workers.…

Competence and self-esteem of 445 fifth- and sixth-graders were examined across a one-year period. Half of the children made the transition from elementary to secondary school and the other half continued in the same school. Beginning at the end of the school year before transition, self- and teacher-ratings of competence were administered at…

Reports relationship between asymmetries in frontal-brain electrical activity and individual differences in affective response in 35 ten-month-old females. Stranger-approach, mother-approach, and maternal-separation experiences were presented while an electroencephalogram (EEG) from scalp regions was recorded and facial and other behavioral…

Four dimensions (Contact, Consciousness, Interest, and Fantasy) of the Creativity Classification System (CCS) have demonstrated high validity in identifying fourth- to sixth-grade students for an enrichment program. An identification procedure for use at the high school level is explained in relation to CCS. (Author/DB)

The Illinois Classroom Assessment Profile is a teacher rating scale that is sensitive to behavior disorders exhibited by hyperactive children. The behavioral dimensions represent sustained attention, impulsivity, conduct, fine motor coordination, and evaluative anxiety. The development of the scale and investigations of its factor structure are…

The relationship between a self-report measure of assertive behavior in children and a role-play measure was examined in 69 elementary school children. Self-report of positive assertion related more closely to role-play measures and expert ratings of assertiveness than did self-report of negative assertion. (Author/LHW)

Traces the development of a rapid, easy to use, behaviorally oriented communication assessment scale. A series of studies designed to determine its validity, reliability, and usefulness as an outcome measure are summarized. The current and potential uses of the scale are outlined along with guidelines for its application. (Author)

Examines relations between Matthews Youth Test for Health ratings on hyperactive boys and diverse measures obtained from five sources: direct behavior observations; staff evaluations, nonparticipant observer ratings, peer nominations, and self-reports. (HOD)

Mothers (N=61) of children referred for psychological treatment completed the Beck Depression Inventory, Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Test, and Conners Parent Rating Scale; teachers also completed the Conners Teacher Rating Scale. Mothers' ratings were significantly correlated with teachers' ratings, but fathers' were not. Findings confirm a…

The Carolina Record of Infant Behavior was used to assess the stability from 3 months to 1 year of such characteristics as activity level, irritability, and social responsiveness in 39 preterm infants at risk for developmental disorders. The most stability was observed on such developmentally based items as social orientation. (Author/JW)