NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 5 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Brown, Sandra A.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1985
Compared the reinforcement expectancies of adult alcoholics with beliefs of men and women in alcohol treatment programs, hospitalized medical patients, and college students through the Alcohol Expectancy Questionnaire (AEQ). Results indicated the previously defined AEQ beliefs apply to the alcoholic population and these populations significantly…
Descriptors: Adults, Alcoholism, Behavior Patterns, College Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Haines, Phil; And Others – Social Behavior and Personality, 1980
Examined whether a measure of self-reported, task-specific, efficacy expectations would correspond more with persistence or locus of control. Results indicated that beliefs in locus of control were strongly related to persistence and that efficacy expectations were not as significant. (RC)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Expectation, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Staub, Ervin – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Hart, Craig H.; And Others – Early Education and Development, 1992
A total of 136 mothers of preschool-age children participated in interviews about their disciplinary style. Children of power-assertive mothers engaged in more antisocial or disruptive behavior than other children and expected successful instrumental outcomes for hostile methods of resolving peer conflict. (LB)
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis
Astin, Alexander W. – 1990
This report presents a national profile of black college freshmen in 1989-90 and shows how these students have changed based on the past 19 surveys (1971-1989), using data on 16,000-20,000 black freshmen from the Cooperative Institutional Research Program. The study focuses on a wide variety of characteristics of black college freshmen: family…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Behavior Patterns, Black Students