Concurrent validity between the California Psychological Inventory-revised and the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire
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1University of Missouri-Rolla.
Abstract:
The present study examined the concurrent validity of the newest version of the California Psychological Inventory (CPI) with the Student Adaptation College Questionnaire. The sample consisted of 142 college students at a midwestern, technically oriented university. Significant differences in the expected directions were found between higher and lower adjusted students with regard to Gough's (1987) new control (p less than .001), flexibility (p less than .003), and consensuality (p less than .005) factors and also with respect to the new norm-favoring (p less than .01) and self-realization (p less than .008) thematic vectors of the revised CPI.
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