The purpose of the present study was to examine the Hooper Equal Opportunity measure as an operational definition of ecological dissonance theory and as a predictor of dissatisfaction with one's academic major, alienation from one's academic major, and involvement in one's academic major. The statistically significant correlations provided evidence for the criterion validity of the instrument while at the same time providing support for ecological dissonance theory.
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