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Shea, Thomas; And Others – 1972
This longitudinal study examines and compares characteristics of students from 2- and 4-year colleges. The study selected 23 2- and 4-year colleges from five states; the subjects consisted of the entire entering classes at the 2-year colleges and a sample of 100 entering full-time students at each of the 4-year schools. The instruments were…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Personality Assessment, Personality Change
An Investigation into the Personality Characteristics of Black Activists and Non-Activists Students.
Andrews, James – 1976
Thirty Black activists and thirty Black non-activists were randomly selected from a list of 100 students identified as activists and 100 students identified as non-activists. Twenty-five from each group were male, and five were female; 32 freshmen and 28 sophomores were included in the sample. All subjects were administered the Edwards Personal…
Descriptors: Activism, Black Power, Black Students, Community Colleges
GHEI, S.N. – 1967
AN EFFORT WAS MADE TO MEASURE THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE OBSERVED DIFFERENCES IN THE PERSONALITY STRUCTURE OF AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS AND COLLEGE STUDENTS IN INDIA MIGHT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY CROSS-CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN A SOCIAL DESIRABILITY SET DERIVED FROM THE EDWARDS PERSONAL PREFERENCE SCHEDULE (EPPS). EIGHT HYPOTHESES WERE TESTED ON 243…
Descriptors: American Culture, Bengali, College Students, Comparative Analysis

Johnson, Wilfred A. – Education, 1983
Students (98) choosing careers in special education-behavior disorders or elementary education were given standardized tests to attempt to identify personality traits presented by good special education teachers of the behaviorally disordered. Subtests on teaching humanities and counseling/guidance of young people showed higher means for special…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Career Choice, Comparative Analysis, Education Majors

Edwards, Allen L.; Abbott, Robert D. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1973
Study was undertaken to determine the degree to which the EPPS, CPI, and 16 PF scales are correlated with the EPI scales and to determine the degree to which the scales in all four inventories are measuring the same common traits. (Authors)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Factor Structure, Measurement Instruments, Personality Assessment
Brooks, Bonnie S. – Texas Personnel and Guidance Association Journal, 1973
Results indicated that students in counselor education were very similar to other Master's degree students on all but two scales of the Edwards. Counselors were found to be significantly more nurturant and less dominant than were administrators and supervisors. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Comparative Analysis, Counselor Characteristics, Counselor Training
O'Connor, Carol A.; Ward, G. Robert – Texas Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1977
The scores of 20 high and 20 low dogmatic counselors-in-training were compared with their scores on the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule to identify those variables that enable prediction from one test to the other. Three scales, Abasement, Order and Dominance, were significant discriminators between high and low dogmatics. (Author)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Counselor Characteristics, Counselor Training, Higher Education

Wotruba, Thomas R.; Price, Karl F. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1975
Two new paper-and-pencil tests of achievement motivation were compared to two older measures, McClelland's Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) Need Achievement and the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule achievement scale. The results lend support to past findings; namely, that the various achievement measures would appear to be measuring dissimilar…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Business, Comparative Analysis

Hartsook, Judith E.; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1976
This study compared personality characteristics of 25 volunteers for a women's assertiveness group with a control group of vocational counselees and the norm group on the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS). Results suggested that women are highly concerned with the approval of others, moderately inhibited in expressing their feelings, but…
Descriptors: Aggression, Assertiveness, Behavior Change, College Students