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Douglas B. Stirling – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how fourth-year Christian male emerging adults at a Christian college in the northeastern United States identify and describe changes in religiosity as expressed by the tenets of trust in parental religiosity, by missional outreach, and by personal faith, which form the basic…
Descriptors: Christianity, Males, Religious Colleges, Young Adults
FREEDMAN, MERVIN B. – 1961
THIS PROJECT ANALYZED PERSONALITY CHANGES IN COLLEGE WOMEN AS MEASURED BY A DISCHRONIC SERIES OF TEST BATTERIES. THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO DETERMINE THOSE CHANGES WHICH HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN THE PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT, ATTITUDES, VALUES, AND OPINIONS OF AN EXTENSIVELY TESTED SAMPLE OF COLLEGE WOMEN. SIX GRADUATING SENIOR CLASSES AND SIX ENTERING…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Research, Graduate Surveys, Personality Assessment
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DeWinne, Robert F.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1978
Employing a larger sample and a more stringent statistical criterion, this study replicated an attempt by Grandy and Stahmann to test Holland's hypothesis that parents' personality types foster similar offspring personality development. An explanation is offered that fathers' personality types carry more weight in the development of offspring…
Descriptors: Career Development, College Students, Family Characteristics, Fathers
MINIUM, EDWARD W.; PLANT, WALTER T. – 1964
THE DATA FROM PREVIOUS STUDIES WERE USED TO DETERMINE IF THERE WERE DIFFERENTIAL NONINTELLECTUAL (PERSONALITY) CHANGES IN YOUNG ADULTS WHO DIFFERED MARKEDLY IN MEASURED ACADEMIC APTITUDE. THREE OF THE FORMER STUDIES WERE FOR A 2-YEAR TEST AND RETEST TIME PERIOD, AND TWO WERE FOR A 4-YEAR TEST AND RETEST TIME PERIOD. COMPARISONS OF NONINTELLECTUAL…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Aptitude Tests, Attitude Change, College Attendance
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Wells, Marolyn; Jones, Rebecca – American Journal of Family Therapy, 2000
Utilizing data from undergraduate students (N=197), research determined that childhood parentification is associated with shame-proneness in adults. Findings theoretically link to an earlier study that found a relationship between childhood parentification and both narcissistic and masochistic personality characteristics. Discusses implications of…
Descriptors: Adults, Affective Behavior, Child Behavior, Child Development
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Protinsky, Howard; Gilkey, Joyce Katherine – Adolescence, 1996
Assessed a random sample of 102 female students from a small private college concerning levels of individuation, intimacy, intimidation, parental triangulation, and personal authority. These concepts formed the construct of Personal Authority and were tested regarding their relationship to self-esteem, physical health, and college adjustment.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), College Environment, College Students, Females