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Direct linkMatson, Johnny L.; Dixon, Dennis R.; Matson, Michael L.; Logan, James R. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2005
The MESSIER, a measure of social and communication skills and the Vineland Social Maturity Scale were administered to 618 severe and profoundly mentally retarded adults. The goal of the study was to establish the potential utility of the MESSIER for classifying level of intellectual disability in this group. Comparing MESSIER scores to previously…
Descriptors: Severe Mental Retardation, Interpersonal Communication, Communication Skills, Classification
Download full textJosselson, Ruthellen; And Others – 1975
Two studies were conducted to explore the convergent and divergent validity of the Psychosocial Maturity (PSM) Inventory. The Individual Adequacy subscales were found to be highly related to measures of personal adjustment while the Social Adequacy and Interpersonal Adequacy subscales showed lower correlations with these measures. The results…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Correlation, Interpersonal Competence, Maturity (Individuals)
Greenberger, Ellen – 1976
This report summarizes the research and development activities of two Work units of the Schools and Maturity program from March 1, 1973 to November 30, 1975. The two Work Units described are (1) Theory Construction and Test Development, and (2) Validation of Psychosocial Maturity Scales. Abstracts of technical reports and journal articles…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Interpersonal Competence
Josselson, Ruthellen; And Others – 1975
The criterion validity of four subscales of the Psychosocial Maturity Inventory is investigated. The subscales are Work Orientation, Self-reliance, Social Commitment, and Tolerance. Teachers were asked to nominate the three students who were "most like" and the three students who were "least like" verbal descriptions of these…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, High School Students, Interpersonal Competence, Maturity (Individuals)
Bond, Lloyd; And Others – 1975
Form D of the Psychosocial Maturity (PSM) Inventory and the Rokeach Dogmatism Scale were administered to 325 10th grade students to test a predicted correlation between the Dogmatism Scale and the Change and Tolerance subscales of the PSM battery, and to examine the pattern of covariation between psychosocial maturity and dogmatism. A substantial…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Dogmatism, Grade 10
Starr, B. James – 1973
Employed were a small sample of fifth graders to examine techniques for assessing the validity of psychosocial maturity (PSM) and the scales used to measure it. Three validation techniques were examined: (1) Data obtained from self-report scales, teacher ratings, and peer ratings were used to generate three multitrait-multimethod matrices (total…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Interpersonal Competence, Matrices, Maturity (Individuals)
