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Rudasill, Kathleen Moritz; Capper, Marla Read; Foust, Regan Clark; Callahan, Carolyn M.; Albaugh, Susan B. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2009
Gifted adolescents are poised to make important decisions that will determine the trajectory of their futures. A positive self-concept may lead to higher educational and career aspirations, whereas a poorer self-concept may negatively influence choices and outcomes. Research points to self-concept differences among gifted students of different…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Females, Self Esteem, Adolescents
Schwartz, Terrence J. – 1990
Critical review of previous techniques for the measurement of an individual's self-concept (SC) is a necessary prelude to the development of more adequate methodologies. This paper focuses on recent methodological innovations in the study of the self, namely, those derived from cognitive social psychology. A view of the self as a cognitive…
Descriptors: Cluster Analysis, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Structures, Individual Differences
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Cooke, Robert A. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1986
The Stress Processing Report Form II measures 19 thinking styles that are related to psychological and physiological stress. It was administered to 606 adults; results supported test reliability and validity. Factor analysis revealed five factors: self; others; goals; process-time; and process-others. (GDC)
Descriptors: Adults, Affective Measures, Cognitive Structures, Cognitive Style
Ackerman, Philip L. – College Entrance Examination Board, 1998
This report reviews a theoretically inspired empirical investigation of individual differences in knowledge, abilities, and nonability traits as part of an ongoing effort to better understand adult intellectual development and to develop more accurate measures of adult intelligence. Twenty Knowledge Scales were constructed, drawing on…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Adult Development, Intellectual Development, Individual Differences