ISSN : 1229-0718
The purpose of this study was to develop a scale measuring Korean high school students' university entrance examination stress. A total of 24 items included daily hassles faced by high school seniors preparing for the university entrance examination. A sample of 200 high school seniors in Pusan responded to the University Entrance Examination Scale, the Children's Depression Inventory, and the Self-Esteem Scale. The procedure included item analysis, criterion-related validation, construct validation. Construct and concurrent validity were acceptable. Four factors including 'parental pressure', 'test and grade anxiety', 'lack of leisure', and 'uncertainty of the future' were extracted. The Cronbach's a were from .70 to .86. The distribution of the total score of the scale was normal. Recommendations for future research were discussed.