SITUATIONAL APPRAISAL INVENTORY - DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A MEASURE OF EVALUATIVE ATTITUDES

Designed the Situational Appraisal Inventory (SAI) to meet the need for a measure of subjective moral (evaluative) attitudes. Previous instruments used were found inadequate because of their psychometric properties or psychological assumptions. 2 100-item forms (SAI-A and SAI-B) were developed and standardized for college populations and a 30-item form (SAI-J) was derived from SAI-A to represent the cluster dimensions and total score of the longer form. Internal consistency and test-retest reliabilities of all forms exceeded .90 and all forms of the test were shown to be comparable. SAI scores related as expected to measures of parental identification and religiosity, and were consistently higher for females than for males. SAI scores did not relate to measures of social desirability response set. The SAI was considered to be a reliable and valid measure of subjective evaluative attitudes. (19 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). © 1969 American Psychological Association.