An Attempt to Validate a Measure of Structure in Adolescence.

AbstractEighty male adolescents were given a structure inventory (CASI) devised by the author, and also the Locus of Control (I-E) instrument, and the Adjective Check List (ACL), in an attempt to validate the first-named inventory. A number of hypotheses were offered as to the relationship which would be found between scores on the CASI and the I-E and ACL tests. Fourteen of the eighteen predicted correlations were found to be significant, and in the direction anticipated; Treatment of the scores by canonical correlation indicated a moderate underlying relationship between WS and HS subscale scores of the CASI and the other variables tested. Use of a multiple linear regression analysis indicated that these variables are more predictive of WS than of HS scores. Further validation studies, including those involving female Ss, are suggested.