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Johnson, Edward E. – 1978
Stress-arousing problems related to specific college student characteristics were investigated. Data were collected from 2,408 university undergraduate students during the 1977-1978 academic year, using a one-page instrument which, in addition to the students' responses, afforded information as to their class, major, campus, type of residence,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, College Environment, College Students
Schurian, Walter; Lee, Mickey M. – 1980
Moral desperation has traditionally been defined as an individual's lack of social adjustment patterns in regard to his/her particular stage of cognitive development. Based on the assumption that the overall behavior patterns of adolescents differ in different social class settings, moral desperation was hypothesized to be a complex,…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Affective Behavior, Behavioral Science Research
Download full textSpitzberg, Brian H. – 1980
This paper examines the essential skill components involved in interpersonal competence and the relationship between a deficit of such skills and loneliness. The various sections of the paper discuss the nature of loneliness, the nature of interpersonal competence, the causes of competence and incompetence, and the relationship between the…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Communication Apprehension, Communication Problems, Interpersonal Competence
FRISINA, D. ROBERT; QUIGLEY, STEPHEN – 1961
THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO DETERMINE IF RESIDENTIAL STUDENTS IN INSTITUTIONS FOR THE DEAF PERFORM AT A LOWER LEVEL ON MEASURES OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, SOCIAL MATURITY, AND COMMUNICATION ABILITY THAN A SIMILAR GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO ARE DAY STUDENTS AT THE SAME INSTITUTIONS. SAMPLES OF RESIDENTIAL AND DAY STUDENTS AT 15 INSTITUTIONS EDUCATING DEAF…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Deafness, Emotional Adjustment, Handicapped Children
LOHMAN, JOSEPH D. – 1966
THE EFFECTS OF THE REVOLUTION IN POPULATION, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND TECHNOLOGY ON VARIOUS GROUPS, SUCH AS ADOLESCENTS, THE LOWER CLASSES, AND MINORITY GROUPS, ARE DISCUSSED. THE TOTAL EFFECT OF THIS REVOLUTION HAS BEEN TO DRIVE THE AMERICAN SOCIETY APART, FORCING IT TO MANIFEST ITSELF IN LOCAL SUBCULTURES WHICH ARE FORMED BY THE PROBLEM-SOLVING…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Sciences, Civil Rights, Disadvantaged
BIGGE, JEANETTE; SANDEFUR, J.T. – 1965
THE EXTENT TO WHICH A PLANNED PROGRAM OF READING COULD SIGNIFICANTLY INFLUENCE THE BEHAVIOR OF A SELECTED GROUP OF ADOLESCENTS WAS STUDIED. EFFORTS WERE MADE TO DESIGN THE STUDY IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE INVESTIGATORS COULD DETERMINE WHETHER SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES EXISTED IN THE AREAS OF PERSONALITY, PERSONAL PROBLEMS, ACHIEVEMENT, ATTENDANCE, AND…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Behavior Development, Bibliotherapy, Emotional Adjustment
Eisenberg-Berg, Nancy; Neal, Cynthia – 1977
This paper describes research which involved (1) the study of children's moral reasoning about their own spontaneous prosocial behavior and (2) an examination of the early development of such reasoning. Prosocial moral reasoning is defined as reasoning about conflicts in which the individual must choose between satisfying his or her own wants,…
Descriptors: Altruism, Classroom Observation Techniques, Ethics, Interpersonal Competence
Lane, Elizabeth M., Ed. – 1978
This 20-page booklet contains very brief, anonymous and anecdotal stories about teachers' success with young children in the early childhood education programs in Dayton, Ohio. The teachers' stories focus on individual children and reveal the scope of classroom problems faced every year. Five anecdotes illustrate problems of children with…
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Communication Problems, Early Childhood Education
Frymier, Jack; Bills, Robert E. – 1979
The purpose of this study was to determine whether terms used in the Annehurst Curriculum Classification System (ACCS) are appropriate and useful to describe learner characteristics. From the twelve characteristics postulated in the ACCS to describe learners, six were selected for study: experience, intelligence, motivation, emotion-personality,…
Descriptors: Creativity, Data Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Factor Analysis
Baker, Stewart L.; and others – 1968
A three-phase, longitudinal study at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C., of family problems with prolonged father absence indicates that there is (1) continuing family growth beyond the situational crisis, (2) active re-examination of roles and values, and (3) heightened awareness of family strength and resourcefulness during the…
Descriptors: Behavior, Children, Family Problems, Family Relationship
Yeshiva Univ., New York, NY. Ferkauf Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences. – 1966
These proceedings contain four papers and commentaries by scholars on the problems of the socially disadvantaged child in the urban school. The papers discuss (1) cognitive development and psychopathology in the urban environment, (2) an experimental approach to the remediation of the conduct disorders of children, (3) juvenile delinquency in the…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Behavioral Sciences, Bibliographies
Case, Rosemary Hart – 1968
A reading program for the intellectually gifted high school student must have an individualized, challenging approach that will enlarge the students range of interests, knowledge, and ideas. It should supplement his assigned classes, yet provide freedom of personal choice. It should offer an opportunity for group discussion among peers. The…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Discussion Groups, High School Students, Independent Reading
ERIC Clearinghouse on Teacher Education, Washington, DC. – 1977
This document presents summary reports of six demonstration projects and one research project engaged in primary prevention of alcohol and drug abuse. The goals of these seven projects were the same, though each evolved and worked differently: (1) reinforcement of nonuse of alcohol and drugs; (2) discouragement of experimentation; and (3)…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Change Strategies, Demonstration Programs, Drug Abuse
Tavormina, J. B.; And Others – 1975
To investigate vulnerability to psychological and emotional stress among chronically ill children, a battery of personality tests was selectively administered to 144 children (5- to 19-years-old) afflicted with one of the following conditions: diabetes, asthma, cystic fibrosis, or hearing impairment. Analyses centered on comparisons of norms…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Asthma, Children, Cystic Fibrosis
Grinstead, Mary Jo; And Others – 1974
This document--one of six closely related studies designed to consider employability of rural labor, the impact of industry, and social adjustments in the Mississippi Delta and the Ozarks--examines the socioeconomic factors affecting employment in industry of black Americans living in a rural area of the Mississippi Delta. Madison, Arkansas, the…
Descriptors: Black Employment, Economic Factors, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Problems
