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Download full textKlass, Ellen Tobey; Tutin, Judith A. – 1980
Do depressed people interpret guilt-provoking situations differently than nondepressed people? Cognitive-behavioral theories of psychopathology would predict that they do, since a major premise of such theories is that maladaptive emotional patterns are mirrored in distinct cognitive responses. Highly depressed subjects in an exploratory study of…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, Coping, Depression (Psychology)
Arnold, Carroll C. – 1981
Speech communication plays a significant role in a liberal arts education. Studying and practicing oral communication constitutes direct inquiry into the social and psychological features of social life and survival and presents reality phenomena more directly and emphatically than do writing or other types of communication. Such direct social…
Descriptors: General Education, Higher Education, Interaction, Interpersonal Competence
Doty, Leilani, Ed. – 1979
This conference presentation describes a program designed to help counselors integrate career-development concepts with research on the needs of older people. The first part deals with the effects of loss, transition, and change on the self-concept of the older person. The second part reviews needs-assessment studies of older people and presents a…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Techniques, Emotional Adjustment
Cook, J. J. – 1976
To provide feedback on program for the visually impaired in the State of Wisconsin, a followup study was done on 98 persons who had been enrolled in such programs and who had been out of school for a period of 3 to 13 years. The study focused on adaptation, and was concerned with many facets of everyday living, including such things as academic…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attitudes, Curriculum, Economic Status
CERVENKA, EDWARD J. – 1967
A STUDY TO DEVELOP INSTRUMENTS TO MEASURE CHILD BILINGUALISM AND BICULTURAL SOCIALIZATION WAS CONDUCTED IN DEL RIO, TEXAS, A MEXICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN WHICH SCHOOL IS TAUGHT IN BOTH SPANISH AND ENGLISH. THREE INSTRUMENTS WERE DEVELOPED--(1) A SERIES OF 6 TESTS FOR MEASURING LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE IN ENGLISH, (2) A SIMILAR SERIES OF 6 TESTS FOR…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Contrastive Linguistics, Grade 1
Smith, Donald C. – 1962
The study examined similarities and differences in the personal and social adjustment of intellectually gifted and average adolescents along six criteria: independent-dominant and responsible-cooperative interpersonal behavior, moderation of interpersonal behavior, unity or integration of personality, self acceptance, and accuracy of self…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Behavior, Conformity
Edelmann, Anne M. – 1966
A pilot study exploring the use of mental health consultants to teachers of socially and emotionally maladjusted pupils in regular classes was conducted to (1) help teachers cope with these children and facilitate successful learning experiences for them, (2) enable teachers to be more effective with all children, (3) understand effects of…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Change Agents, Consultation Programs
Briggs, Peter F.; Kottke, Frederic J. – 1963
A survey was made of 1730 psychiatric patients who had been discharged into the community. Of the 1730, more were females (69%), but disorders among men were more severe. Three groups of cases were identified: the most severe, composed of persons poorly established in the community, most frequently single unskilled males and often diagnosed…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior, Career Counseling, Cognitive Processes
Bush, Kate – 1975
Orientation in this report refers to the various adjustment processes that students need to make to function effectively within a postsecondary institution. The major aim of the study was to obtain an outline of the range of problems encountered by respondents at Flinders University in a 1975 questionnaire survey of their adaptation to the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), College Environment, College Freshmen, College Students
Photiadis, John; Maurer, B. B. – 1974
The proposition that Appalachian religion persists because it is performing a significant function as a mechanism helping the adjustment of people who due to modern changes, have become dislocated socially, economically, and psychologically was tested. Religiosity was defined on the basis of 4 variables: (1) religious beliefs; (2) need to use…
Descriptors: Age, Attitudes, Church Role, Community Size
Howell, John F. – 1975
The effectiveness of an Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I preschool education program, which stressed listening habits and language skills, on disadvantaged children in kindergarten and first grade was examined. Graduates and nongraduates were administered The Boehm Test of Basic Skills and a teacher completed adjustment rating…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Followup Studies
Broward County School Board, Fort Lauderdale, FL. – 1974
This report presents initial findings of a field study which focused on the academic achievement and behavioral and social adjustment of 148 kindergarten children who entered first grade early. The study took place in Broward County, Florida, following implementation of the 1973 state legislation permitting early entrance into first grade for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Behavior Development, Behavior Rating Scales
Ekstrand, Lars Henric – 1974
The data collection procedures for a study of a population of 2400 immigrant children in Sweden are described. Means, dispersions and intercorrelations for 22 variables are given. Social and emotional adjustment figures are found to be higher than expected, and correlate only minimally with second language achievement figures. It is concluded that…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Bilingualism, Children
deJung, John – 1974
Seventy-seven educable retarded adults (17- to 29-years old) who were former special education students were involved in the evaluation of a Forced Choice Self-Description Inventory (FCI) designed to measure community adjustment. Ss had been rated by their vocational rehabilitation counselors on a multiple criterion scale of community adjustment…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Check Lists, Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Research
Carbuhn, Wayne McKinzie – 1969
This investigation, conducted at Clearfield, Utah, Job Corps Urban Center, attempted to help the Advanced Education Department select and predict the performance of corpsmen who would attempt the General Education Development (GED) test (high school equivalency). Previous selection procedures were cumbersome, confusing, and with a high attrition…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Disadvantaged Youth, Doctoral Dissertations
