This study investigated the reliabilities, cross validations, and patterning of the external validities of five inventories using opposite-form approach. 181 college Ss were tested four times, and their course grades calculated. Various correlations were compared. Results showed that these opposite-form inventories were comparable in internal-consistency reliabilities, in the cross validation of test-retest reliabilities and opposite-form reliabilities, and in the correlation with course grades.
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