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An Examination of Psychological Characteristics and Their Relationship to Academic Entitlement among Millennial and Nonmillennial College Students
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Keener, Ashley – Psychology in the Schools, 2020
Academic entitlement (AE) has been a concern among college educators due to millennial college students entering the educational setting. Although there is theoretical justification to support such conjecture, it remains unclear whether AE is more prevalent among this generation. The present study examines the relationship between narcissism,…
Descriptors: Age Groups, College Students, College Faculty, Correlation
Pursuing Perfection: Distress and Interpersonal Functioning among Adolescent Boys in Single-Sex and Co-Educational Independent Schools
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Coren, Sidney A.; Luthar, Suniya S. – Psychology in the Schools, 2014
This study extends past findings of heightened problems among affluent youth by examining adjustment patterns among boys in two academically elite, independent high schools: one for boys only and the other co-educational. Both samples manifested disproportionately high rates of internalizing and externalizing symptoms, but only the co-educational…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Males, High School Students, Private Schools
"Differential Ability Scales--Second Edition" (Neuro)Psychological Predictors of Math Performance for Typical Children and Children with Math Disabilities
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Hale, James B.; Fiorello, Catherine A.; Dumont, Ron; Willis, John O.; Rackley, Christopher; Elliott, Colin – Psychology in the Schools, 2008
Concerns about the ability-achievement discrepancy method for specific learning disability (SLD) determination led to alternative research-based methods, such as failure to respond to intervention. Neither of these "regulatory" methods address the "statutory" SLD definition, which explicitly includes a deficit in "basic…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Predictive Validity, Psychology, Mathematics Achievement
Rorschach Variables and Their Relationship to WISC-R IQ among Children Referred.
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Brooks, Clarence Rae – Psychology in the Schools, 1979
Children referred for psychological evaluation had been administered the Rorschach test and the WISC-R, among other tests, for diagnostic purposes. Significant relationships were found between groups for some variables after which prediction formulas were developed for estimates and use of verbal terminology associated with IQ levels. (Author)
Descriptors: Children, Comparative Analysis, Diagnostic Tests, Intelligence Tests
A Practitioners's Comparison: The 1972 Stanford-Binet and the WISC-R
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Evans, Paul L.; Richmond, Bert O. – Psychology in the Schools, 1976
This paper compares the 1972 Norms Edition of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale, Form LM, and the Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children, Revised (1974) from a practitioner's viewpoint. The instruments are compared in relation to (a) standardization data given in the manuals, (b) ease of administration and interpretation, (c) age-range…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Children, Comparative Analysis
School Support Groups, Other School Factors, and the Safety of Sexual Minority Adolescents
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Goodenow, Carol; Szalacha, Laura; Westheimer, Kim – Psychology in the Schools, 2006
Sexual minority adolescents--those self-identifying as lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB) or with same-sex desires or sexual experiences--report higher rates of victimization and suicidality than their heterosexual peers, yet little empirical research has examined school factors associated with these risks. This study used data from the Massachusetts…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Social Support Groups, Victims of Crime, School Safety