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Peer reviewedThauberger, Patrick C.; And Others – Journal of Research in Personality, 1982
Research in existentialism and ontology has given rise to several psychometric instruments. Used both exploratory and confirmatory principal-factor analyses to study relationships among 16 existential scales. Exploratory factor analysis provided some support of the theory that the avoidance of existential confrontation is a central function of…
Descriptors: Existentialism, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Neurosis
Peer reviewedRaine, Adrian; And Others – Journal of Research in Personality, 1982
Predicted that an external locus of control would characterize undersocialization. Tested this hypothesis on a random sample of secondary school children (N=97). Scores from the Child Nowicki-Strickland Internal-External Scale were found to predict undersocialization in the expected direction. Suggested several possible interpretations of this…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Locus of Control
