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Peer reviewedRosenberg, Morris; And Others – American Sociological Review, 1989
Explores the reciprocal relationships between self-esteem and the following three problems of youth: (1) juvenile delinquency; (2) poor school performance; and (3) psychological depression. Findings include the following: (1) low self-esteem fosters delinquency, which may enhance self-esteem; (2) school performance affects self-esteem; and (3)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Causal Models, Delinquency
Buczynski, Patricia L. – 1990
A sample of 467 college freshmen attending a comprehensive, medium size, public institution on the mid-Atlantic coast was studied to examine the relationship between the development of identity and the development of cognition in traditional college freshmen. The sample was predominantly white (88.3%) and of the total number, 51 percent were male…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Tests, College Freshmen, Correlation
Peer reviewedMcCoach, D. Betsy; Siegle, Del – Roeper Review, 2002
Using structured equation modeling techniques, this study examined factor structure differences in academic self-perceptions of 210 gifted high school students and a general population student group. Although there were large mean differences between gifted students and the general population students on the academic self-perceptions scale, the…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Gifted, Grade Point Average, High Schools
