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Goswick, Ruth Ann; And Others – 1981
Research has identified high school and college students as the groups experiencing the greatest severity of loneliness. The manifestations of loneliness in adolescents and young adults were examined in a group of college (N=192) and high school (N=98) students. All subjects completed the Revised Loneliness Scale and a questionnaire about…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alienation, College Students, High School Students
Sage, James E. – 1978
This two-year study utilized the Tennessee Self Concept Scale and the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule to determine the self-concepts and personalities of the newly employed, non-degreed trade and industrial teachers in Central and Southeast Ohio's vocational programs. The profiles were generated to reflect those teachers who continued into…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Inservice Teacher Education, Postsecondary Education, Psychological Patterns
Ray, Lisa – 1978
To investigate the emotional parameters of jealousy and to examine the differences between male and female labeling of jealousy, 288 college undergraduates completed the Emotional Parameters of Jealousy Questionnaire. The questionnaire consists of 59 statements that refer to emotions experienced by a person in a situation in which he/she feels…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, College Students, Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Hyman, Irwin A., Ed; Wise, James H., Ed. – 1979
Virtually all of the essays in this collection reach the conclusion that corporal punishment in the schools is counterproductive. The book is organized into sections presenting historical, psychological, and legal perspectives on this subject, as well as case studies, opinion surveys, and the results of research. Rational alternatives to the use…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Classroom Techniques, Corporal Punishment, Delinquency Causes
HEATON, MARGARET M. – 1951
BECAUSE EDUCATION SHOULD HELP CHILDREN BECOME MATURE AND WELL-ADJUSTED PEOPLE, CONCERN ABOUT FEELINGS HAS ALWAYS BEEN IMPORTANT TO TEACHERS. NO TEACHER IS CALLED UPON, HOWEVER, TO ASSUME THE ROLE OF THERAPIST. WHAT THE TEACHER CAN DO IS TAKE COGNIZANCE OF FEELINGS AS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN LEARNING AND MAKE A PLACE IN HER CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES FOR…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Development, Ethnic Groups, Human Relations
HOLMES, JACK A.; SINGER, HARRY – 1961
THIS EXPERIMENT WAS DESIGNED TO FURTHER EARLIER INVESTIGATIONS OF THE GENERAL "SUBSTRATA-FACTOR THEORY OF READING" AND TO TEST TWO HYPOTHESES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL OF SUCH KNOWN-GROUPS AS (1) TOTAL, (2) BOYS VERSUS GIRLS, (3) BRIGHT VERSUS DULL, (4) FAST VERSUS SLOW READERS, AND (5) POWERFUL VERSUS NONPOWERFUL READERS. THE MAJOR…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Sciences, Group Dynamics
SOLTYS, JOHN J., JR.
THE ABILITY TO HAVE AND EXPRESS FEELINGS IN THE YOUNG CHILD IS CLOSELY LINKED TO BODILY FUNCTIONS AND MOVEMENTS. AS HE GROWS, HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS GIVE MEANING AND DIRECTION TO THE EXPRESSION OF FEELINGS. AGGRESSION AND ANGER ARE EXPRESSION OF FEELINGS THAT ARE RELATED BUT NOT IDENTICAL. AGGRESSION MAY BE ROOTED IN ANGER, BUT IT POSITIVE SENSE, IT…
Descriptors: Aggression, Anxiety, Child Development, Children
Roffe, Michael; Fraser, Kathleen – 1978
An empirical test of a contemporary model of psychosocial stress was conducted to evaluate expected differences in cognitive and affective functioning for males and females in a professional career sample. Perceived powerlessness and affective hostility were viewed as constituting a cluster of adaptive responses to personal/social conditions…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Alienation, Coping, Fear of Success
Foster, Thomas V. – 1979
The poor self-image of many collegiate high achievers is due to the development of an obsessive-compulsive personality. Typical of this psychological maladjustment is the concept that external achievements are directly related to internal personal worth in a linear and absolute fashion. Characteristic symptoms include physical as well as emotional…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Clinics, College Students, Competition
GARBIN, A.P.; AND OTHERS – 1968
IN THE COURSE OF DESIGNING AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF THE MAJOR SOCIOPSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS FACED BY YOUTH (16 TO 25 YEARS OLD) IN MAKING THE TRANSITION FROM SCHOOL TO WORK, THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY WAS PREPARED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF BOTH RESEARCHERS AND PRACTITIONERS AND TO FILL A VOID IN THE LIERATURE. THE ABSTRACTS, LIMITED TO THE PERIOD 1960 TO 1968,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Community Role, Educational Experience, Labor Force
Auerswald, Edgar H. – 1966
Cognitive development is a sequential process in which experience is structured, organized, and assimilated into an internalized scheme of reality. The quantity and quality of verbal and nonverbal communication transmitted to the child determines how well this scheme is adaptable to differing life situations. If there are interruptions in this…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Curriculum Development
Kurdek, Lawrence A. – 1975
The development of perceptual, cognitive, and affective perspective taking and empathy was investigated in 96 kindergarten through third-grade children. Cognitive perspective taking was found to increase between second and third grades. Affective perspective taking, in situations controlling for the likelihood of the subjects' projecting their own…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Development, Emotional Development
Masters, James R.; Shannon, Gregory A. – 1975
The validities of the Pennsylvania Educational Quality Assessment (EQA) Preparing for a Changing World Instruments at grades 5, 8, and 11 were investigated. The study was carried out in a suburban school district where many students had experienced a great deal of change in their lives. At each grade level approximately 60 students who had…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Adjustment
Bland, Laurel L. – 1970
The purpose of this study was to determine if Alaskan Native students approach the classroom with a pattern of learning processes different from that of students from the dominant urban Caucasian culture. Population samples were extracted on the basis of 1,736 tests administered to individuals, aged 8 through 47 years, residing in Alaska. Specific…
Descriptors: American Indians, Blacks, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
Mehrabian, Albert – 1970
In this book, the principles of behavior modification are presented as a set of guidelines for identifying recurrent behavior patterns and are then applied as techniques to change various undesirable behaviors. Progressively more complex steps toward behavior modification and its social influence are cited and illustrated in chapters which deal…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Behavior Theories
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