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36 Ss completed a series of trait personality scales and two state scales immediately prior to sleeping in a sleep laboratory. Fewer significant correlations than would be expected by chance were found between scores on the state/trait measures and the stages of sleep as defined by the EEG.

This study reports on a new instrument, the Academic Rational Beliefs Scale, designed to measure college students' academic beliefs along a rational-irrational continuum. The new instrument is potentially useful when working with students experiencing academic difficulties. Information about test construction, reliability, validity, and generalizability are presented and implications, benefits, and cautions associated with use of the instrument as a college counseling tool are discussed.