The purpose of this pilot study was to validate and pilot test instruments that measure spiritual involvement, ethnic identity, life satisfaction, and stress management practices among college students. Four instruments were adapted as needed for the target population and distributed to a convenience sample of 72 college students enrolled in a stress management course in a mid-sized private university in Texas. The instruments used included the (a) College Student Life Satisfaction Scale (Cronbach’s alpha=.83), an adapted version of the Life Satisfaction Questionnaire developed by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (USDHHS/NIDA, 1981) to measure participants’ general sense of satisfaction with life as it relates to school, relationships, leisure time, religious practices, and overall health; (2) Stress Management Practices Scale (Cronbach’s alpha=.71), adapted from the Centers of Disease Control’s (CDC, 1983), “Will You Manage Stress?" Questionnaire, to measure frequency of practiced stress management behaviors; (c) Spiritual Involvement and Beliefs Scale (Cronbach’s alpha=.81) to measure participant investment in spiritual beliefs and activities; and (c) Ethnocultural Identity Behavioral Index (Cronbach’s alpha=.95), to measure participants’ investment in their self-identified culture of origin. Though the inter-item reliability analyses yielded acceptable results for all for instruments, a preliminary multiple regression analysis using this small sample size did not reveal strong evidence for associations between variables. Though frequent practice of stress management behaviors significantly predicted life satisfaction (r=.49, p<.05) and high ethnic identity significantly predicted spiritual involvement and beliefs (r=.38, p<.05), the R-square values were low. Further research in larger college student populations with more diverse spiritual and cultural backgrounds is needed to more fully assess potential relationships.Keyword(s): college level issues, multiculturalism/cultural diversity, research