Regarding degree of constmct validity,
the derivation results of significant conelations
between the SROM and theoretically
related summary variables of age and
grade—and of a nonsignificant correlation
with the potentially confounding variable of
social desirability—^were replicated using
the cross-validation sample. The correlations
with IQ and SES, nonsignificant in the derivation
sample, reached significance with the
cross-validation sample. The correlation
with age was significant even after variance
attributable to IQ was partialed out, ac-