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Peer reviewedWilson, Russell C. – Community College Review, 1979
The Adjective Check List was administered to 142 high school completion (GED) students to determine whether their self concept differed from the general college freshman population. The GED students were more anxious, worried, critical of self and others, less self-confident, and less adequately socialized. (MB)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Dropout Characteristics, High School Equivalency Programs, Personality Assessment
Rolfe, Paula G.; Wilson, Russell C. – 1979
Differences in self-descriptive patterns of adults who dropped out of high school completion courses and those who completed their courses were examined using the Adjective Check List (ACL) to measure adult personality attributes. Subjects (N=142) were asked to endorse those adjectives which best described themselves and to skip those which did…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Dropouts, Adult Education, Adult Students
