The purposes of the study were to analyze responses to a stress inventory and assess significance of differences by gender and stress groups on the stressors and reactions to them. The subjects were 290 volunteers who responded to the Student-life Stress Inventory. Analyses showed the inventory is reliable and valid. Differences were noted by gender and amount of stress for types of stressors students experienced and reactions to them.

A comparison of means and SDs for responses from three stress groups on the Student-life Stress Inventory in five studies over 13 years.

To assess among 3 groups differing in stress significance of differences in their scores on locus of control scales (Internal, Powerful Others, and Chance), 2 groups of college undergraduates (123 and 160 subjects) were tested. In both samples analysis indicated significant differences among the 3 groups in scores on the Powerful Others and Chance (external) scales, with the severely stressed group scoring higher than the milder stress groups. No significant differences were found on the Internality scale.

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44 subjects responded to the 16 PF Creativity scale and the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal to assess associations of scores on creativity with those on critical thinking. Pearson rs were significant and positive for subscales of Inference and Interpretations and Total Scale.