Personality Characteristics and Attitudes Toward Achievement Among Mainland High Achieving and Underachieving Japanese-American Sanseis.

Onoda, Lawrence

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Publication Date: 1976

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Personality Characteristics and Attitudes Toward Achievement Among Mainland High Achieving and Underachieving Japanese-American Sanseis

Onoda, Lawrence

Journal of Educational Psychology, 68, 2, 151-6, Apr 76

Investigates the differences in attitudes toward academic achievement and personality characteristics of third generation Japanese Americans (Sanseis). Sanseis were grouped by sex and high and low achievers and were administered the Adjective Check List and the Asian American Survey. Results show that Sanseis are relatively heterogeneous with respect to personality indices. (Author/DEP)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Measures, High Achievement, High School Students, Individual Characteristics, Intelligence Differences, Japanese Americans, Low Achievement, Personality Measures, Personality Traits, Sex Differences

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Adjective Check List

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