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Shreffler, Karina M.; Greil, Arthur L.; McQuillan, Julia – Family Relations, 2011
Although pregnancy loss--especially miscarriage--is a relatively common experience among reproductive-aged women, much of our understanding about the experience has come from small clinic-based or other nonrepresentative samples. We compared fertility-specific distress among a national sample of 1,284 women who have ever experienced a stillbirth…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Females, Pregnancy, Stress Variables
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Padilla, Amado M.; And Others – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1986
Questionnaires and personality scales were used to study the effect of generational status on stress and personality measures among 247 immigrants. The late immigrant group--immigration after age 14--experienced highest stress, lowest self-esteem, and most external locus of control. A wide discrepancy existed between late and early immigrants on…
Descriptors: Acculturation, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Coping
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Mena, Francisco; And Others – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1987
Acculturative stress and coping strategies were assessed in 214 multicultural college undergraduates who were divided into four generational status groups. Effects of self-esteem, locus of control, and loyalty to American culture were also studied. Students immigrating after age 12 experienced more stress than early immigrants and second- and…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), College Students, Coping
Rimm, Sylvia B. – 1987
The paper considers pressures on bright children and the relationship of such pressures to underachievement. It gives specific suggestions on the prevention of underachievement to both parents and teachers. Pressures often felt by gifted children include pressures to be brilliant, to be creative, to do something spectacular, to find oneself, to be…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Educational Therapy, Elementary Secondary Education
Higbee, Jeanne L.; Dwinell, Patricia L. – 1988
Measures used at the Division of Developmental Studies at the University of Georgia in constructing a student profile (specifically, of high-risk college freshmen) are discussed. The areas measured concern: goals; learning styles; career exploration; stress and academic anxiety; developmental tasks; and locus of control. The goals checklist…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Anxiety, Career Exploration, Cognitive Style