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Penney, Stephanie R.; Moretti, Marlene M.; Da Silva, Kimberley S. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2008
This study investigated the psychometric properties and predictive validity of three self-report scales (the Psychopathy Content Scale, the Psychopathy-16 scale, and the Egotistic scale) derived from the Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory (MACI) to screen for the presence of psychopathic and narcissistic personality characteristics. Exploratory…
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, Factor Structure, Personality, Measures (Individuals)
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Benda, Brent B.; DiBlasio, Frederick A. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1994
The predictive validity of several theoretical factors drawn from control, social learning, and differential association theories for explaining adolescent sexual behavior was studied with 1,478 adolescents. The single factor of differential association with peers accounted for most of the respective variances on frequency of sexual intercourse…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Association (Psychology), Behavior Patterns, Peer Relationship
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Jorgensen, Stephen R.; Sonstegard, Janet S. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1984
Presents a test of the Fishbein model of behavior prediction applied to predict the pregnancy risk-taking behavior of adolescent females (N=244). Analyses of data showed that the Fishbein model of attitude-behavior consistency seems to be applicable to the fertility-related behavior of adolescent females. (LLL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Contraception, Females
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Hooke, James F. – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Delinquency