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The community adaptation schedule and the California Psychological Inventory: A validational study with college students

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To study the construct validity of the Community Adaptation Schedule (CAS), the CAS and the California Psychological Inventory (CPI) were administered to a group of 57 university students. The scores on the two instruments were correlated and a factor analysis was performed. The results of the study give further evidence for the construct validity of the CAS and indicate that the communityadapted person is personally well adjusted as measured by the CPI.

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  1. The Doctoral Training Program in Clinical Psychology, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida

    Patrick E. Cook Ph.D. (Assistant Professor and Assistant Director)

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  1. Patrick E. Cook Ph.D.
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This research was supported by a grant from the Council on Training and Research of the Florida Division of Mental Health.

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Cook, P.E., Josephs, P.O. The community adaptation schedule and the California Psychological Inventory: A validational study with college students. Community Ment Health J 6, 366–373 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01434854

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