title: Concurrent validity of the College Adjustment scales using comparison with the MMPI College Maladjustment Scale.
abstract: The concurrent validity of the College Adjustment Scales was assessed using comparison to the College Maladjustment Scale of the Minnesota Multiphasic Inventory-2. Undergraduate students (N=56, 40 women, M age = 21.3 yr., 87.5% white, non-Hispanic) completed both tests. Analysis indicated scores on 8 of 9 College Adjustment Scales correlated significantly in the predicted direction with those on the College Maladjustment Scale, thereby providing some additional support for convergent validity. While the conclusions are limited significantly by the small sample, this report provides an incremental contribution to the validity of the College Adjustment Scales.
authors.affiliation: School of Clinical Medicine and Research, University of the West Indies-Cave Hill, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Bridgetown, Barbados. Dr.Mike.Campbell@gmail.com
authors.forename: Michael H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Palmieri
authors.forename: Brandi
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lasch
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*