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Suranyi, Zsuzsanna; Hitchcock, David B.; Hittner, James B.; Vargha, Andras; Urban, Robert – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2013
Previous research on sensation seeking (SS) was dominated by a variable-oriented approach indicating that SS level has a linear relation with a host of problem behaviors. Our aim was to provide a person-oriented methodology--a probabilistic clustering--that enables examination of both inter- and intra-individual differences in not only the level,…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Behavior Problems, Conceptual Tempo, Individual Differences
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Rosenthal, Natalie L.; Kobak, Roger – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2010
Adolescents' attachment hierarchies were assessed in a sample of 212 high school and 198 college students. The Important People Interview (IPI) differentiated attachment bonds from other supportive or affiliative relationships and indicated that adolescents show a hierarchical ordering of preferences for multiple attachment figures. Differences in…
Descriptors: High School Students, College Students, Intimacy, Behavior Problems
EMERY, JOHN R.; KRUMBOLTZ, JOHN D. – 1967
FIFTY-FOUR TEST-ANXIOUS COLLEGE FRESHMEN FROM STANFORD UNIVERSITY WERE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO ONE OF THREE GROUPS--(1) A DESENSITIZATION GROUP WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALIZED ANXIETY HIERARCHIES, (2) A DESENSITIZATION GROUP WORKING WITH A SINGLE STANDARD HIERARCHY, AND (3) A NO-TREATMENT CONTROL GROUP. THE CRITERIA CONSISTED OF SELF-RATINGS OF ANXIETY…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems
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Engs, Ruth C.; Hanson, David J. – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1985
A national survey of 6115 college students indicated that 81.9 percent were drinking at least once a year and 20.2 perent were heavy drinkers. Results are presented for demographic and drinking characteristics, and comparisons with a similar 1974 study are given. (Author/BL)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, College Students, Comparative Analysis
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Frisby, Craig L.; Kim, Se-Kang; Wolfmeyer, Mary Anne – Journal of School Violence, 2005
Focus group methods for studying opinions and perceptions of school violence are effective for understanding differences among individuals, but cannot report these differences in a concise manner. Traditional quantitative methods for analyzing data from school violence perception surveys allow for the concise reporting of data, but cannot…
Descriptors: Weapons, Emotional Problems, Violence, Public School Teachers