Friends' Interests: A Cluster-Analytic Study of College Student Peer Environments, Personality, and Behavior.

Finney, John W.

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Publication Date: 1979-Sep

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Friends' Interests: A Cluster-Analytic Study of College Student Peer Environments, Personality, and Behavior.

Finney, John W.

Journal of Youth and Adolescence, v8 n3 p299-315 Sep 1979

A 27-item measure assessed college peer environments in terms of friends' interests as perceived by individual students. Four dimensions of interests were identified in cluster analyses: collegiate activities, intellectual pursuits, apathy or alienation, and traditional adult orientation. These dimensions were related to social, psychological, and behavioral variables. (Author/GDC)

Descriptors: Cluster Analysis, College Environment, College Students, Higher Education, Interest Inventories, Peer Evaluation, Peer Groups, Personality Traits, Predictor Variables, Rating Scales, Social Environment, Student Behavior, Student Interests

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Language: English

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