Personality profiles of industrial scientists, musicians and artists, and general undergraduates (total n=99) showed no difference between scientific and artistic groups on the Creativity composite index. Self-reports of involvement in creative behavior, collected from 590 individuals, revealed that creative people tend to cross-train and to…

The latent structure of the Self-Monitoring Scale of M. Snyder (1974) is evaluated by comparing several measurement models suggested by previous factor analysis of the scale using sample data from 1,113 college students. Implications of results are discussed in relation to self-monitoring and the use of factor analysis. (SLD)

The Chinese revision of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale was factor analyzed for 55 Chinese subjects with mental retardation. Results indicated a two-factor solution comprising Verbal Comprehension and Perceptual Organization factors. Analysis found no important differences in factor structure between the Chinese subjects and low-intelligence…

Assesses the relative influences of education, social environment, and current activities on the practical literacy of young adults in the United States. Shows that both early experience and current activities powerfully influence young-adult literacy and that early environmental advantages yield subsequent advantages that lead to wide disparities…

This article describes a visual assessment procedure (VAP) which evaluates capacity, attention, and processing (CAP) of infants and preschool children with visual impairments. The two-level battery considers, first, visual capacity and basic visual attention and, second, visual perceptual and cognitive abilities. A theoretical analysis of the…

The Work Aspect Preference Scale was administered to 109 members of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) in Melbourne and 50 persons who had recently resigned from the AFP. Second-order factor scores and percentile ranks were derived for each group. (SLD)

Development of the Learning Strategies Survey is described, and two related studies involving 1,091 college students (354 males and 737 females) are presented to demonstrate use of this survey to predict learning from expository text. Factor analysis yielded two stable factors of high internal reliability and acceptable test-retest reliability.…

Based on the usual factor analysis model, this paper investigates the relationship between improper solutions and the number of factors. The properties of the noniterative estimation method of M. Ihara and Y. Kano in exploratory factor analysis are also discussed. The estimators were compared in a Monte Carlo experiment. (TJH)

A program for obtaining ability estimates and their standard errors under a variety of psychometric models is documented. The general models considered are (1) classical test theory; (2) item factor analysis for continuous censored responses; and (3) unidimensional and multidimensional item response theory graded response models. (SLD)

Examined whether a sample of variability measures could be reduced to a smaller number of factors with 8 independent samples of second through fourth graders and adults. Found that a 2-factor model of strategy diversity and strategy change was supported for all samples. Strategy diversity positively related to children's recall; strategy change…

Examines the reliability and validity of Reid's (1984) Perceptual Learning Style Performance Questionnaire (PLSPQ), an instrument used to assess the learning style of English-as-a-Second-Language students. Exploratory factor analysis was used to explore the dimensionality of the PLSPQ. Results showed that specific survey items did not necessarily…

Examines construct validity and psychometric properties of the Multi-Attitude Suicide Tendency Scale in adolescent psychiatric inpatients. Confirmatory factor analysis provides support for the fit of the 28-item, four-factor model. Results of regression analyses reveal that high scores on the repulsion by life and the attraction to death subscales…

The construct validity of scores on the Behavior Rating Scale of the revised Bayley Scales of Infant Development was studied with national standardization samples of children ranging from 1 to 42 months and a variety of factor analytic methods. The factor structure became more complex at older ages. (SLD)

Factor analysis of the Influence of Others on Academic and Career Decisions Scale using data from four student groups (n=116, 190, 145, 183) yielded two factors: support/guidance and inspiration/modeling. Preliminary support for the scale as a valid and reliable measure of role model influence was obtained. (Contains 43 references.) (SK)

This article describes the development of the Almost Perfect Scale-Revised (APS-R). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses and data exploring the reliability and construct validity of the subscales are provided. The results support the existence of three subscales with adequate internal consistencies and promising relationships with other…