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Gleser, Goldine C.; Ihilevich, David – J Consult Clin Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Measurement Instruments, Objective Tests, Personality Measures, Psychological Testing
The Relationship Between Avoidance of Existential Confrontation and Neuroticism: A Psychometric Test
Peer reviewedThauberger, Patrick; Sydiaha-Symor – Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 1977
J. F. Bugental's (1965) theory that the avoidance of existential confrontation is a central dynamic in neurosis was tested in two university research samples totalling 544 individuals. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Correlation, Existentialism, Measurement Instruments, Neurosis
Download full textCONTRUCCI, VICTOR J.; AND OTHERS – 1962
FOUR COMMONLY USED INDIVIDUAL INTELLIGENCE TESTS ARE DESCRIBED. DESCRIPTIONS OF SUBTESTS ARE GIVEN, ALONG WITH EXPLANATION OF WHAT EACH TEST MEASURES. THIS INFORMATION IS PROVIDED TO ASSIST THE TEACHER IN IDENTIFYING SPECIFIC ABILITIES AND WEAKNESSES IN INDIVIDUAL CHILDREN. (JW)
Descriptors: Individual Testing, Intelligence Quotient, Intelligence Tests, Measurement Instruments
Peer reviewedKrieger, Seth R.; And Others – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1979
In an attempt to assess a person's orientation toward death, a self-administered form of the Threat Index (TI) was introduced and compared to the original interview form along dimensions of validity, reliability, internal consistency, and independence from social desirability response sets. Results supported theoretical and psychometric soundness…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Comparative Analysis, Death, Measurement Instruments
MATHEWSON, ROBERT H.; ORTON, JOHN W. – 1962
THIS STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO (1) PRODUCE AN INSTRUMENT FOR ELICITING VOCATIONAL IMAGERY FOR USE IN THE EDUCATIONAL-VOCATIONAL ORIENTATION AND COUNSELING OF HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH, AND (2) DEVELOP A SCALE FOR EVALUATING THE MATURITY OF THE VOCATIONAL IMAGERY ELICITED BY THE INSTRUMENT. A PREVIOUSLY DESIGNED INSTRUMENT "WHAT I THINK OF MYSELF"…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Evaluation, High School Students, Measurement Instruments
Schaffner, Paul E.; Darlington, Richard B. – 1977
Most methods of personality scale construction have clear statistical disadvantages. A hybrid method (Darlington and Bishop, 1966) was found to increase scale validity more than any other method, with large item pools. A simple modification of the Darlington-Bishop method (algebraically and conceptually similar to ridge regression, but…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Diagnostic Tests, Measurement Instruments, Personality Measures
Bart, William M. – 1970
In Piaget's developmental psychology the fourth and highest stage of human cognitive development is that of formal operations. The research on formal thought instruments is outlined. This study was designed to construct and validate paper-and-pencil instruments which could be used to select students capable of abstract conceptualization,…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academically Gifted, Adolescents, Cognitive Measurement
