Changes in Scores on California Psychological Inventory among Seminarians: What Happened to the Class of ′68?

To test the hypothesis that ministers' family milieu fosters mixed masculine-feminine traits, a 10-yr. follow-up study was conducted where seminarians were retested with the California Psychological Inventory. Among the seminarians, 28 were ordained and 6 were not. Support was obtained for the hypothesis. Grade point averages were significantly higher among the ordained. This study is restricted to Catholic seminarians; making a good impression became important after ordination, not before; three scales which were significant among Protestant seminarians in previous research were not found in this study, suggesting dissimilarity among denominations.

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Validity Studies of Three Measures of Achievement Motivation

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1986.59.1.123 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 59 (1) ◽

pp. 123-136 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Henry Clay Lindgren ◽

Brian Moritsch ◽

Edwin K. Thulin ◽

Gary Mich

Keyword(s):

Achievement Motivation ◽

Grade Point Averages ◽

Face Validity ◽

California Psychological Inventory ◽

Academic Majors ◽

Achievement Orientation ◽

Grade Point ◽

Interest Inventory ◽

University Women ◽

Psychological Inventory

Three studies of samples of university women ( Ns between 50 and 79) and men ( Ns between 28 and 47) were undertaken to determine the concurrent validity of two questionnaires and a TAT test, each purporting to measure achievement motivation. In Study I, Lindgren's NachNaff test correlated more strongly than Ray's Achievement Orientation (AO) test with scales on the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory (SCII) considered to reflect different degrees of achievement motivation. In Study II, women's NachNaff and AO scores correlated significantly with more California Psychological Inventory scales than men's did. Study III was done to validate NachNaff and AO scales against ratings of stories written to TAT pictures, but with little success. Numbers of both achievement and affiliation themes found in TAT stories were positively correlated with grade-point averages (GPA) for both sexes and with men's AO scores, but when verbal fluency was controlled, correlations were negative or nonsignificant. NachNaff and AO scales discriminated as hypothesized between students' choices of academic majors, but the TAT ratings did not. In general, the three studies found more similarities than differences between the NachNaff and the AO scales, and both scales showed greater validity with the Strong-Campbell and the California Psychological Inventory for women than for men. Results for the NachNaff scale gave some confirmation for its face validity as a measure of a drive for excellence through self-improvement, whereas data for Ray's test tended to confirm its sociological orientation as a measure of striving for status.

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California Psychological Inventory: Profile of a Sample of First-Year Law Students

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1976.39.3.871 ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 39 (3) ◽

pp. 871-874 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Stephen Reich

Keyword(s):

Grade Point Average ◽

Class Ii ◽

Law Students ◽

Class I ◽

First Year ◽

California Psychological Inventory ◽

Public And Private ◽

Grade Point ◽

Group Profile ◽

Psychological Inventory

94 first-year male law students completed Gough's California Psychological Inventory. Although the 18 scales did not correlate significantly with first-year law grade point average, the group profile of the law students was striking. Class I measures described them as a group which is aggressive, persuasive, socially ascendant, self-seeking, and outspoken. Class II measures described them as awkward, moody, dogmatic, impulsive, defensive, insecure, and nervous. There is a great variance between their public and private personalities.

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Hyperkinetic Behaviors and Learning Disabilities Followed Over Seven Years

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.57.1.4 ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 57 (1) ◽

pp. 4-10

Author(s):

Hans Rosenstock Huessy ◽

Alan Howard Cohen

Keyword(s):

Learning Disabilities ◽

School Districts ◽

Behavior Problems ◽

Grade Point Average ◽

Ninth Grade ◽

Second Graders ◽

Rural School Districts ◽

Grade Point ◽

Follow Up Study

A seven-year follow-up study of 500 children was conducted by teacher questionnaire in the second, fourth, and fifth grades for the presence of behavior problems and learning disabilities. These children represent all the second-graders in a number of rural school districts. The three scores on each child were summed. The 20% of children with the highest scores (i.e., most symptoms or disabilities) showed a rate of behavioral or academic maladjustment in ninth grade of 35%. The 30% of children with the lowest scores (i.e., fewest symptoms or disabilities) did not have a single member functioning poorly in ninth grade. Of the group between the 30th and 70th percentile, 5% were adapting poorly and most of their scores placed them in the upper range. Consistent correlations are also shown when the group is divided according to IQ, grade point average, and school systems.

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Predicting Grade Point Average with the SRA Tests of Educational Ability: a 13-Month Follow-Up Study

Educational and Psychological Measurement ◽

10.1177/001316446502500226 ◽

1965 ◽

Vol 25 (2) ◽

pp. 555-556 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Warren S. Blumenfeld

Keyword(s):

Grade Point Average ◽

Grade Point ◽

Follow Up Study

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Recidivism Among Adolescent Serious Offenders

Criminal Justice and Behavior ◽

10.1177/009385480102800503 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 28 (5) ◽

pp. 588-613 ◽

Cited By ~ 70

Author(s):

Brent B. Benda ◽

Robert Flynn Corwyn ◽

Nancy J. Toombs

Keyword(s):

Gang Membership ◽

Follow Up Study ◽

Jesness Inventory ◽

Dynamic Factors ◽

Chemical Abuse ◽

Correctional System ◽

Serious Offenders ◽

Psychological Inventory

This is a 2-year follow-up study of 414 adolescents, age 17 years, to determine what static and dynamic factors predict recidivism or entry into the correctional system for adults. The strongest predictor is prior incarcerations, followed by age persons started committing crime, gang membership, age they started using alcohol/drugs, their MMPIpd scores, and chemical abuse score. The denial and asocial subscales of the Jesness Inventory and all the subscales of the Carlson Psychological Inventory are significantly associated with recidivism. Implications of the study are discussed.

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Electron Microscopy of Human Gallstones

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100065523 ◽

1971 ◽

Vol 29 ◽

pp. 296-297

Author(s):

C. Wolpers ◽

R. Blaschke

Keyword(s):

Electron Microscopy ◽

Room Temperature ◽

Bile Pigment ◽

X Ray Diffraction ◽

Triclinic Crystal System ◽

X Ray ◽

Follow Up Study ◽

Infra Red ◽

Main Components

Scanning microscopy was used to study the surface of human gallstones and the surface of fractures. The specimens were obtained by operation, washed with water, dried at room temperature and shadowcasted with carbon and aluminum. Most of the specimens belong to patients from a series of X-ray follow-up study, examined during the last twenty years. So it was possible to evaluate approximately the age of these gallstones and to get information on the intensity of growing and solving.Cholesterol, a group of bile pigment substances and different salts of calcium, are the main components of human gallstones. By X-ray diffraction technique, infra-red spectroscopy and by chemical analysis it was demonstrated that all three components can be found in any gallstone. In the presence of water cholesterol crystallizes in pane-like plates of the triclinic crystal system.

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