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Meers, Betty White – 1983
Personality theory stresses the importance of communion with self to personal development. Since writing is a form of communion with self, researchers have begun looking for measurable differences in the personality development of writers and nonwriters. Several experiments have tended to confirm that writing has the potential to effect positive…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Individual Development, Personality Development, Self Concept

Guthrie, Victoria L. – New Directions for Student Services, 1997
Presents the basics of intellectual development that are needed to comprehend college students' ethical development. Discusses character development, tolerance for diversity, and intellectual development. Profiles a model of morality. Explores interpretative systems for determining the moral ideal, and provides case studies that illustrate the…
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Cognitive Structures, College Students, Ethics
Whiteley, John M.; Yokota, Norma – 1988
This monograph reviews the impact of the freshman year and the four years of undergraduate study on a central dimension of personal development: the formation of character and its progression from late adolescence to young adulthood. A foreword by Nevitt Sanford places the discussion in the context of a general loss by American universities of…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Consciousness Raising, Curriculum Development, Educational Planning
Bradley, L. Richard; Stewart, Mac A. – Journal of Non-White Concerns in Personnel and Guidance, 1982
Discusses developmental needs of college students as indicated by psycho-social theories. Describes roadblocks to positive self-concept development in Black students. Offers suggestions for assisting Black students in developing a positive self-concept. (RC)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Black Students, Blacks, College Students

Nunner-Winkler, Gertrud – Zeitschrift fur Padagogik, 1990
Contends that identity problems among adolescents are exacerbated by misinterpretations of the role education plays in the process of achieving personal autonomy. States these problems arise when means to autonomy become ends in themselves and when status is emphasized over character. Explores three stages of the process from freedom to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries, Instructional Effectiveness