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A Psychometric Analysis of the Child Behavior Checklist for Elementary School Children in Qatar
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Al-Hendawi, Maha; Keller, Clayton; Cloninger, Lea – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2016
The Child Behavior Checklist for children 6 to 18 (CBCL/6-18) is a widely used, standardized parent rating scale. However, few studies have tested the psychometric properties of this instrument in the Arab world despite the great need for such instruments to support the identification and education of children with emotional, behavioral, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Check Lists, Child Behavior, Psychometrics
Turkish Adaptation of the Educational-Learning Capital Questionnaire: Results for Gifted and Non-Gifted Students
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Leana-Tascilar, Marilena Z. – Gifted and Talented International, 2016
The Actiotope Model of Giftedness (AMG) focuses on person--environment interactions to define giftedness. The development of the Questionnaire of Educational and Learning Capital (QELC) was based on the AMG. The first aim of this study was to present the reliability and validity of a Turkish version of the QELC for 10th grade students. The second…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academically Gifted, Questionnaires, Environmental Influences
Effects of Geographic Region upon Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Results: A Hawaii-Mainland United States Comparison
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Tsushima, William T.; Bratton, Joseph C. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1977
Investigated geographic differences in Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) results by comparing 60 Hawaiian and 60 mainland United States psychiatric outpatients. The influence of pidgin English led to expectations that Hawaiian subjects would have significantly lower WAIS Verbal scores than mainland subjects. Data verified these…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Geographic Location
Adapting the Career Development Inventory-Australia for Cross-Cultural Research
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Hughes, Cathy; Thomas, Trang – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2006
This paper describes the adaptation of the Career Planning and Career Exploration scales of the Career Development Inventory-Australia for use in a Thai cultural context. One hundred and fifty-nine Thai high school students participated in the study. The results were compared with data from Australian students collected in earlier studies and from…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Exploration, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries
Puerto Rican Early Adolescents' Self-Esteem Patterns.
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Erkut, Sumru; Szalacha, Laura A.; Coll, Cynthia Garcia; Alarcon, Odette – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2000
Examined self-esteem among Puerto Rican young adolescents. Found that Self-Perception Profile for Children had adequate reliability for use with 13- to 14-year-old Puerto Ricans living on the mainland. Gender differences in different domains were similar to those among Anglo youth. Psychological acculturation played a more protective role for…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Comparative Analysis
Effects of Type of Preschool Experience and Socioeconomic Class on Academic Achievement Motivation. Final Report.
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Stephens, Mark W. – 1973
Four experiments were designed to identify socioeconomic differences in preschool locus of control, develop a measurement technique for differentiating between internal and external locus of control in preschoolers, and study the effect of four kinds of preschool programs on locus of control. During the first experiment, the Stephens-Delys…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Influences, Experimenter Characteristics, Intervention