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A Reply to "Some Misgivings about the Matching Familiar Figures Test as a Measure of Reflection-Impulsivity"
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Kagan, Jerome; Messer, Stanley B. – Developmental Psychology, 1975
Attempted to clarify issues raised by Block, Block and Harrington regarding the conceptualization, validity and interpretation of reflection-impulsivity. (Author/SDH)
Descriptors: Conceptual Tempo, Elementary School Students, Generalization, Performance Factors
Comment on the Kagan-Messer Reply
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Block, Jack; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1975
Responded to the various arguments advanced by Kagan and Messer in their rebuttal to the authors' review and research focusing on the interpretation of the Matching Familiar Figures Test. (Author/SDH)
Descriptors: Conceptual Tempo, Elementary School Students, Generalization, Performance Factors
How Do Preschool Children Feel about Themselves? Unraveling Measurement and Multidimensional Self-Concept Structure.
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Marsh, Herbert W.; Ellis, Louise A.; Craven, Rhonda G. – Developmental Psychology, 2002
Developed and tested the psychometric properties of the 38-item Self Description Questionnaire for Preschoolers. Found that the scale was reliable for young children, first-order and higher order confirmatory factor analysis models fit the data, and factor correlations were mostly moderate. Achievement test scores correlated moderately with…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Measurement Techniques, Measures (Individuals), Personality Measures
Preschool and Primary Locus of Control Scale: Is It Ready for Use?
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Herzberger, Sharon D.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1979
Investigates the psychometric properties of the Preschool and Primary Nowicki-Strickland Internal-External Control Scale (PPNS-IE). The test was administered to first, second and third graders. (CM)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Locus of Control, Predictive Measurement
Broadening Our Conceptual Frameworks: Can We Reintroduce Rational Strategies and Implicit Representational Systems to the Study of Psychopathology?
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Lyons-Ruth, Karlen – Developmental Psychology, 1995
Examines methodological and conceptual issues related to the study of the effects of parental depression on children, focusing on the need to develop measures of relational behavior that are well-validated in high risk samples; relational assessments focused around central motivating systems; and methods that describe a variety of individual…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Depression (Psychology), Family Relationship, Measures (Individuals)