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1.	Armstrong, Terry R. Chalupsky, Albert B. McLaughlin, Donald H. Dalldorf, Marie R.
1.	Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery: Validation for Civilian Occupations Final Report, Air Force Human Resources Laboratory, 1988 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Air Force Human Resources Laboratory, Training Systems Division Keyword(s): Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB); Data Quality/Consistency; Education, Guidance and Counseling; Occupations; Vocational Guidance The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) has been criticized as a high school vocational counseling tool since most validity data are based on criteria specific to military occupations. In an effort to overcome this criticism and encourage wider use of the ASVAB in high schools, this project validated Form 14 of the ASVAB on civilian occupations. The study was designed to use holding a job, rather than job performance, as the criterion. The ASVAB was administered to employees who had been holding a job in one of 12 different occupations that do not require a four year college degree. Analyses of these data were supplemented by existing data from the NLSY and by examining validity data from military occupations that are highly similar to some of the 12 civilian occupations. Results indicate that the ASVAB was able to detect differences among the types of individuals who were members of different occupations. Four significant dimensions of occupational differentiation are discussed. Other analyses yielded information on the interaction of gender, skills, and occupations on the relations between age and ASVAB scores.
	Bibliography Citation Armstrong, Terry R., Albert B. Chalupsky, Donald H. McLaughlin and Marie R. Dalldorf. "Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery: Validation for Civilian Occupations." Final Report, Air Force Human Resources Laboratory, 1988.

2.	Claudy, John G. Steel, Lauri
2.	Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery: Validation for Civilian Occupations Using National Longitudinal Survey of Youth Data AFHRL Technical Report 90-29, Air Force Human Research Labortory, American Institute for Research, July 1990. Also: http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA225244 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Air Force Human Resources Laboratory, Training Systems Division Keyword(s): Aptitude; Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB); Job Requirements; Job Satisfaction; Occupational Choice; Occupations; Tests and Testing The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) is a multiple-aptitude test battery used by all of the military services to determine the qualifications of candidates for enlistment and assign enlistees to military occupations. It is also administered annually to thousands of high school and college students, and represents a potentially important source of information for career guidance. The present effort examines relationships between ASVAB scores and actual career choices for a nationally representative sample of youth and young adults. Discriminate analyses were performed to assess the extent to which ASVAB scores could be used to differentiate individuals in different occupations or occupational groups. The ASVAB-based discriminant functions resulted in a significantly greater number of individuals being correctly classified than would be expected by chance. In particular, ASVAB scores were most effective in predicting occupational membership for jobs that involved higher, or lower, degrees of complexity of work with data. Additional analyses were performed to assess the extent to which ASVAB scores could differentiate individuals who were satisfied with their occupational choices. No pattern of significant relationships between ASVAB scores and job satisfaction was found. The results support the validity of the ASVAB for predicting membership in civilian occupations. Additional measures would be useful for extending the range of jobs for which membership can be effectively predicted. [NTIS AD-A225-244- 3-XAB]
	Bibliography Citation Claudy, John G. and Lauri Steel. "Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery: Validation for Civilian Occupations Using National Longitudinal Survey of Youth Data." AFHRL Technical Report 90-29, Air Force Human Research Labortory, American Institute for Research, July 1990.

3.	Wilkinson, Larrell Glover, Saundra Probst, Janice C. Cai, Bo Wigfall, Lisa
3.	Psychological Distress and Health Insurance Coverage among Formerly Incarcerated Young Adults in the United States AIMS Public Health 2,3 (2015): 227-246. Also: https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/publichealth.2015.3.227 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: AIMS Press Keyword(s): Health, Mental/Psychological; Incarceration/Jail; Insurance, Health Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The United States incarcerates more people per capita than any other nation. Studies have consistently demonstrated higher prevalence of serious mental illness among the incarcerated. Although health care may be available to individuals while incarcerated, research is needed to understand the context of health care coverage and mental health after incarceration. The purpose of this study is to estimate the point prevalence of psychological distress (PD) among young adults with incarceration experience, while comparing the prevalence to that of young adults in the general population. Additionally, this study characterizes the relationship between incarceration experience and PD, while also examining this association given an individual's health insurance coverage status among young adults. Lastly, we examine if other individual, contextual, and behavioral factors influences the relationship between incarceration experience and PD, in addition to their health insurance coverage status. This study utilizes data from the 2008 panel of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 97, a population based survey dataset from the U.S. Department of Labor. Andersen's Behavioral Model of Health Services Use provided the conceptual framework for the study. The Mental Health Index 5 (MHI-5) was used to determine PD or normal mental health. Chi-square testing and multivariate logistic regression were performed to examine incarceration experience in association to PD. The sample with incarceration experience reported almost double the proportion of PD (21%) compared to those without an incarceration experience (11%). Young adults who have been incarcerated reported greater odds of PD than those with no incarceration experience (COR 2.18; 95% CI, 1.68-2.83) and the association was diminished in the presence of health insurance status and model covariates. Future health prevention and health management efforts should consider the impact of health insurance coverage status, health behaviors, and life satisfaction on mental health status among young adults with incarceration experience.
	Bibliography Citation Wilkinson, Larrell, Saundra Glover, Janice C. Probst, Bo Cai and Lisa Wigfall. "Psychological Distress and Health Insurance Coverage among Formerly Incarcerated Young Adults in the United States." AIMS Public Health 2,3 (2015): 227-246.

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