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Self-Monitoring Strategies as a Unique Predictor of Latino Male Student Achievement
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Covarrubias, Rebecca; Stone, Jeff – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2015
We examined how self-monitoring (i.e., regulating one's behaviors; Snyder, 1987) relates to Latino male achievement. In Study 1, college students (N = 413) completed self-monitoring items and reported SAT math scores. As hypothesized, self-monitoring was positively correlated with achievement for Latino male students but was unrelated to…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Self Management, Change Strategies, Predictor Variables
Origins of Effortful Control: Infant and Parent Contributions
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Gartstein, Maria A.; Bridgett, David J.; Young, Brandi N.; Panksepp, Jaak; Power, Thomas – Infancy, 2013
Effortful control (EC) refers to the ability to inhibit a dominant response to perform a subdominant one and has been shown as protective against a myriad of difficulties. Research examining precursors of EC has been limited to date, and in this study, infancy contributors to toddler EC were examined. Specifically, parent/family background…
Descriptors: Infants, Self Control, Parent Background, Mothers
Temperament and Vocational Preferences: Age, Gender, and Racial-Ethnic Comparisons Using the Student Styles Questionnaire.
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Oakland, Thomas; Stafford, Mary E.; Horton, Connie B.; Glutting, Joseph J. – Journal of Career Assessment, 2001
Results from the Student Styles Questionnaire for a nationally stratified sample of children 8-17 found reliable relationships between temperament and vocational interests even in the youngest children. Gender, age, and race-ethnicity differences were also found. (Contains 42 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Children, Extraversion Introversion
The Relationship of the Murphy-Meisgeier Type Indicator for Children to Sex, Race, and Fluid-Crystallized Intelligence on the KAIT at Ages 11 to 15.
Kaufman, Alan S.; McLean, James E. – Research in the Schools, 1994
Four typologies assessed by the Murphy-Meisgeier Type Indicator for Children (C. Meisgeier and M. Murphy, 1987) (Extraversion-Introversion, Sensing-Intuition, Thinking-Feeling, Judging-Perceiving) were related to sex, race/ethnic group, intelligence level, and fluid/crystallized IQ discrepancy for 263 adolescents. The Thinking/Feeling index…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Classification, Decision Making, Extraversion Introversion