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Lange, Arthur J.; And Others – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1974
The possibility that significant differences exist between college student subgroups, as measured by the Omnibus Personality Inventory (OPI), was tested with 99 university students and was supported. Intellectual disposition variables consistently yielded significant differences among subgroups. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, College Students, Individual Differences, Intelligence
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Yonge, George D.; Regan, Mary C. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1975
Several aspects of Holland's theory of vocational choice are examined using freshman and senior Omnibus Personality Inventory (OPI) and freshman Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) data for 833 men. Generally, evidence in support of Holland's theory is based on relationships which have been well established and known for a long time. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Majors (Students), Males
Goodyear, Rodney K.; Frank, Austin C. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1977
This study provides an analysis and cross-validation of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) occupational introversion-extroversion (OIE) scale, a parent of the IE scale in the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory (SCII). (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Comparative Analysis, Personality Assessment, Personality Measures
Morstain, Barry R. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1975
The Omnibus Personality Inventory and the Student Orientations Survey were administered to undergraduates at three institutions and substantial correlations between various scales of these two inventories were obtained. On the whole, students' educational attitudes were consonant with their general personality characteristics and orientations.…
Descriptors: Achievement, Attitudes, College Students, Higher Education
Greenberg, Jerrold S. – 1974
In this study of homosexuality the following variables were tested: (1) acceptance of others, (2) faith in others, and (3) levels of masculinity and femininity (M-F). The subjects were 11th and 12th graders enrolled in a suburban high school (n=68). Three standardized measurement instruments, each designed to measure one of the above-mentioned…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Curriculum, Homosexuality, Identification (Psychology)
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Tinsley, Howard E. A.; Tinsley, Diane J. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1977
Compares scores on the Omnibus Personality Inventory by groups of relatively effective and ineffective trainees. Trainees completed tests prior to first practicum experience and were evaluated by practicum supervisors at the end of each practica. Data revealed significant differences in personality characteristics of the groups. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Counseling Effectiveness, Counselor Characteristics, Counselor Training
Kuh, George D. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1976
The Omnibus Personality Inventory was administered to a group of students as freshmen, seniors, and alumni (five years after graduation). Respondents exhibited freshman-to-senior personality changes usually associated with college attendance. The orientation to intellectualism and the social-emotional maturation persisted in the years immediately…
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Students, Emotional Development, Human Development
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Marple, Betty Lou N. – Journal of the NAWDAC, 1976
This study explores personality differences between adult women students in an undergraduate college and women of the usual undergraduate age. Seven of the 18 California Personality Inventory (CPI) scale comparisons showed significant differences, and eight of the 14 Omnibus Personality Inventory (OPI) scale comparisons showed significant…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Students, College Students
Keller, John M.; Pugh, Richard C. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1976
Correlations between Rotter's Internal-External (I-E) Control of Reinforcement Scale and the Omnibus Personality Inventory (OPI) were predicted based on previous research and a theoretical expectation of a relationship between I-E and adjustment. These findings have implications for counseling and further research using the I-E variable. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), College Students, Comparative Analysis