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Robinson, John P. – American Behavioral Scientist, 1983
The Leisure Activity Survey is a large national data set collected in 1982 by the Bureau of the Census for the National Endowment for the Arts. Selected preliminary findings are discussed and several other uses of the data set are suggested. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Leisure Time, Life Style, Multiple Regression Analysis
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Martin, Jack – Educational Psychologist, 2007
This article begins with an interpretation and description of conceptions of selfhood that are assumed in educational psychologists' programs of theory, research, and practice in the area of student self-development. Three underlying conceptions of the self are considered: (a) the expressive self (found mostly in research and theory on self-esteem…
Descriptors: Psychologists, Educational Psychology, Self Concept, Student Development
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Crowther, Betty; Kahn, Alfred – American Behavioral Scientist, 1983
Factor analysis of a 1978 survey of St. Louis shows that different age, race, and educational attainment segments have approximately the same patterns of interest, participation, and enjoyment in leisure activities. Leisure activities of four types of fine arts activities--arts, music-dance, visual arts, and nonarts types--are described.…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Factor Analysis, Fine Arts, Leisure Time
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Felson, Marcus – American Behavioral Scientist, 1983
Different types of time-series data sets can be used to identify cultural change and continuity. Indicators, including musical instruments, clothing, sporting goods, drugs, garbage, telephones, and magazines, are used to study social change since World War II. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Leisure Time, Life Style, Research Methodology
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Marsden, Peter V.; Reed, John Shelton – American Behavioral Scientist, 1983
The authors isolate seven patterns of cultural choice using a cluster analysis of a multidimensional scale of items from a 1977 survey of leisure activities in the South. They then use regression analysis to isolate the social demographic correlates of the clusters. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cluster Analysis, Demography, Leisure Time
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Sobel, Michael E. – American Behavioral Scientist, 1983
Using a multiple-indicator multiple-cause model to analyze a 1972-73 national survey of consumer expenditures, the author isolates four patterns of spending on leisure activities and identifies the social and demographic characteristics of people exhibiting each pattern. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Demography, Leisure Time, Life Style
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Zillmann, Dolf; Bryant, Jennings – Communication Research: An International Quarterly, 1986
Concludes that subjects with considerable prior exposure to common, nonviolent pornography preferred to watch uncommon pornography. Male nonstudents preferred it almost exclusively, as did male students to a lesser extent. Females also exhibited this consumption preference, though it was far less pronounced, especially in female students. (JD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Communication Research
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Hughes, Michael; Peterson, Richard A. – American Behavioral Scientist, 1983
Eight patterns of cultural choice, isolated from data collected in a 1973 national survey using a hand-crafted clustering technique, cannot be arranged in hierarchical order by social class, bringing into question the hypothesized association between culture class and social class. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cluster Analysis, Leisure Time, Life Style
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Orend, Richard J. – 1980
This document describes and presents the results of a study undertaken to determine the nature of popular interest in and demand for cultural and artistic activities in 13 southern states. The general objective of the study was to provide information to policy makers on public opinion regarding the relative merits of "elitist activities"…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cultural Activities, Fine Arts, Leisure Time
Gaylord, Vicki D.; Franklin, Thomas E. – Educational Technology, 1985
Discusses results of a study of computer programers which assessed the emotional and social needs met by their interaction with computers, programers, and nonprogrammers. Since a significant portion of respondents expressed preference for computer interaction, an examination of needs fulfilled by computer interaction is presented, and societal…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavioral Science Research, Human Relations, Interaction
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Gruenberg, Barry – American Behavioral Scientist, 1983
Using a stepwise multiple regression analysis of data from a 1964-1965 national urban sample, the author identifies the social and demographic variables that best help to predict each of six factor-analytically derived dimensions of leisure activity. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Demography, Factor Analysis, Leisure Time
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Greenberg, Marshall G.; Frank, Ronald E. – American Behavioral Scientist, 1983
Using their own 1978 national survey sample, the authors describe the social and demographic characteristics, psychological needs, and television viewing behaviors of persons who exhibit each of 14 patterns of leisure activities. The patterns were isolated through factor analysis and clustering techniques. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cluster Analysis, Demography, Factor Analysis
Orend, Richard J. – 1980
This document contains the appendices of a study undertaken to determine the nature of popular interest in and demand for cultural and artistic activities in 13 southern states. The general objective of the study was to provide information to policy makers on public opinion regarding the relative merits of "elitist activities" (high…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cultural Activities, Data Analysis, Fine Arts
Orend, Richard J. – 1980
This document contains the appendices of a study undertaken to determine the nature of popular interest in and demand for cultural and artistic activities in 13 southen states. The general objective of the study was to provide information to policy makers on public opinion regarding the relative merits of "elitist activities" (high…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cultural Activities, Data Analysis, Fine Arts
Lazarsfeld, Paul F., Ed. – 1975
Four case studies were used to illustrate application of panel analysis in sociological research. The panel design requires that (a) identical units be reobserved; (b) identical criteria be employed; and (c) initial and subsequent observations be made at the same times for all units and all criteria. Units may be individuals, qroups (such as…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Graduate Study, Majority Attitudes, Public Opinion
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