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Dorfman, Peter W.; Stephan, Walter G. – 1981
Literature from organizational and social psychology has suggested that three types of factors influence performance, i.e., cognitive, affective and behavioral. A model was developed to test a set of propositions concerning the relationship between the three kinds of factors, and included attributions, expectancies, general emotional responses to…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attribution Theory, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes
Cicirelli, Victor G. – 1982
Sibling relationships are not only maintained throughout life in most cases, but assume considerable importance in old age. Siblings provide psychological support for each other as well as more tangible forms of helping and caregiving. In order to investigate variables leading to sibling help in the area of psychological support, a path model…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Emotional Response, Gerontology
Ciferri, William B.; Bressler, Dawn – 1982
Social and health service utilization have been the subject of numerous studies, but most have examined service utilization from the perspective of the type of service delivered to older adults. To determine the factors that predict overall utilization of services, data that had been collected in 1975 for the General Accounting Offices' survey of…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Delivery Systems, Gerontology, Health Services
Moles, Oliver C.; Perry, Esther – 1975
This paper presents a study which related teachers expectations of student achievement after two weeks of classroom contact to several possible sources: student classroom performance, prior school performance, parental involvement, and student status characteristics. Their temporal order and relative influence are examined via a path model and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Background, Behavior Patterns, Class Activities
Kim, Lori Yoonkyung – 1993
Data from the 1990 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Trial State Assessment (TSA) in mathematics were analyzed to determine what educational factors influence student learning, how these factors influence learning, and how important these factors are to student achievement. NAEP TSA data were collected from more than 100,000…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Educational Environment, Educational Policy, Grade 8
Lambert, Nadine M. – 1987
An interactional model explaining predisposition to hyperactivity asserts that being identified, diagnosed, and treated as hyperactive is a function of biological factors, early health and temperament, family characteristics, and the quality of the home environment. A longitudinal study involving 367 subjects, aged 17-18, tested the interactional…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Patterns