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Psychometric Assessment of Preschool Atypical Children. Brief Report.
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Field, Maxine; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1987
The study investigated the utility of a specialized test battery in measuring behavioral and cognitive characteristics of young, atypical preschool children (N=16). Results suggested existence of a syndrome of children with a pattern of delayed language, good visual skills, restricted interests, and easy disorganization. (DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Measurement, Delayed Speech, Language Handicaps
Effects of Conceptual Complexity on Assertive Behavior.
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Bruch, Monroe A.; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1981
Compared the assertive behavior of two groups differing in information-processing style. In experiment one, high conceptual-complexity (CC) subjects demonstrated greater content knowledge, direct delivery skill, and fewer negative self-statements. In experiment two, high versus low CC females were more assertive in difficult situations. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adults, Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns
Intolerance of Ambiguity in Preschool Children: Psychometric Considerations, Behavioral Manifestations, and Parental Correlates.
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Harrington, David M.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1978
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Measurement, Parent Child Relationship
Behavior of High, Moderate, and Low Test Anxious Students during an Actual Test Situation.
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Galassi, John P.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1981
Explored behaviors of students at various times during an examination to examine the relationship between test anxiety and test performance. Results indicated that low test anxious students differed significantly on all eight dependent variables with the level of test anxiety having a significant effect. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Measurement, College Students, Grade Point Average
The Personality Characteristics of the Rigid Learner.
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Dean, Raymond S.; Garabedian, A. Alexander – Journal of School Psychology, 1981
Investigated personality dimensions concomitant with learner's cognitive rigidity. Results indicated the personality dimensions of tenseness, compulsivity, group dependency, absent-mindedness, sensitivity, and emotional stability explained 36 percent of the variability in subjects' increasing levels of cognitive rigidity. Showed a pervasive use of…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement
Evaluation of a Social-Problem-Solving Training Program for Suburban and Inner-City Third-Grade Children.
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Weissberg, Roger P.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1981
Effects of a 52-lesson, class-taught, social-problem-solving training program for third-grade children were assessed. Program children improved more than controls on several cognitive skills, including problem identification, alternative-solution thinking, and consequential thinking as well as on behavioral problem-solving performance.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, Children, Cognitive Measurement
Early Cognitive and Behavioral Predictors of Later Performance: A Follow-up Study of ELBW Children from Ages 2 to 4.
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Sajaniemi, Nina; Hakamies-Blomqvist, Liisa; Katainen, Saara; von Wendt, Lennart – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2001
Investigated the role of behavioral style and cognitive performance as predictors of cognitive development in extremely low-birth-weight children assessed at age 2 and again at age 4. Found stability of cognitive performance from 2 to 4 years of age; this as well as behavior style and orientation-engagement predicted subsequent cognitive…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Birth Weight, Child Behavior
The Role of Cognitive Control in Mediating the Effect of Stressful Circumstances among Korean Immigrants.
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Kim, Yongseok – Health & Social Work, 2002
Study investigates relationships among stressful circumstances, cognitive control, and distress among Korean immigrants in the U.S. It was hypothesized that cognitive control mediated the effect of exposure to stressful circumstances on distress. Results provide strong support for cognitive control in mediating the relationship between stressful…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Style