Abstract
Maladjustment, or the inability to maintain relationships across different domains, has been long studied and taken into consideration regarding clinical diagnoses and employment performance (Lah, 1989). The first, but outdated, measurement was developed in the 1940s called the Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank (RISB; Altus & Bell, 1945) and has been revised a single time in the 1970s to include a college and adolescent form; no content was updated regardless of the lack of contemporary scoring materials (Ames & Riggio, 1995; Torstrick et al., 2015; Weis, 2015). The goal of this study was to modify the outdated, qualitative maladjustment measurement into a close-ended, quantitative measurement that can be utilized across multiple domains. Both Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and Correlation Analysis were utilized to determine the dimensionality of the modified RISB and establish foundational validity of the modified RISB. Findings from this study will add to the research regarding measurement testing, as well as developing an objective measurement for maladjustment for use in the psychological community.