+The College Adjustment Test (CAT)
Pennebaker, 2013
Topic: Campus Engagement & Belonging - College Adjustment
Instructions:
For each of the following items, please use a 7-point scale to answer each of the following questions, where:
Response Options:
(1) Not At All, (2), (3), (4) Somewhat, (5), (6), (7) A Great Deal
Items:
Within the LAST WEEK, to what degree have you:
- Missed your friends from high school ( )
- Missed your home ( )
- Missed your parents and other family members ( )
- Worried about love or intimate relationships with others ( )
- Worried about how you will perform academically at college ( )
- Worried about the way you look ( )
- Worried about the impression you make on others ( )
- Worried about being in college in general ( )
- Liked your classes. ( )
- Liked your roommate(s) ( )
- Liked being away from your parents ( )
- Liked your social life ( )
- Liked college in general ( )
- Felt angry ( )
- 15. Felt lonely ( )
- Felt anxious or nervous ( )
- Felt depressed ( )
- Felt optimistic about your future at college ( )
- Felt good about yourself ( )
Scoring:
Positive affect= q9+q10+q12+q13+q18+q19
Negative affect= q4+q5+q6+q7+q8+q14+q15+q16+q17
Home sickness= q1+q2+q3+q15+q16+(8-q11)
Overall adjustment=(64-(q1+q2+q3+q4+q5+q6+q7+q8))+q9+q10+q11+q12+q13+(32-(q14+q15+q16+q17))+q18+q19
Citation:
Pennebaker, J.W. (2013). The College Adjustment Test (CAT) . Measurement Instrument Database for the Social Science. Retrieved from www.midss.ie Links to an external site..
Link to PDF: http://www.midss.org/sites/default/files/cat.pdf Links to an external site.