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Dance Talent Development: Case Studies of Successful Dancers in Finland and Singapore
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Chua, Joey – Roeper Review, 2014
Though anchored in cross-cultural comparisons, this study aims to identify the key factors that impacted the talent development of successful dancers from childhood through adulthood. Case studies of eight Finnish and Singaporean ballet and contemporary dancers exemplify the qualities of successful dancers in terms of their career achievements and…
Descriptors: Dance, Talent Development, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
"Because I Said So": Instructor Power in the Classroom
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Peterson, J. J.; Kelly, A.; Stockton, M. B. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2011
The purpose of the authors' study was to understand the reasons why students comply with requests instructors make and compare these reasons with instructors' perceptions of why students comply. Students and faculty at two universities completed the Interpersonal Power Inventory to assess reasons for compliance. Students were more likely to comply…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Compliance (Psychology), Teacher Attitudes, Maximum Likelihood Statistics
Interpersonal Control in Psychotherapy: A Comparison of Two Definitions.
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Tracey, Terence J.; Miars, Russell D. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1986
Compared the two definitions used to study therapist interpersonal control: The relational coding scheme of Ericson and Rogers and the topic initiation/topic following schema of Tracey and Ray as they apply to actual therapy dyads. Both schemata were moderately correlated, but the two models attributed control to different participants.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Counselor Client Relationship, Individual Power, Interpersonal Competence
Sex Differences in Attribution for Occupational Success.
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Reno, Rochelle – Journal of Research in Personality, 1981
Tested and extended Deaux's expectancy model of sex-linked differences in attribution for success. Finding's indicated that female occupational subjects, relative to males, tended to attribute success more to unstable causes of effort and luck. Male subjects attributed success more to the stable causes of ability and task ease. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Adults, Attribution Theory, Comparative Analysis
Sex Differences in the Relationship between Locus of Control Dimensions and Personal Adjustment Constructs.
Woodward, Helen R.; And Others – 1981
Although research has supported the relationship between locus of control and personal adjustment, many correlates of locus of control differ for males and females. Three samples of undergraduates completed the Reid-Ware Three-Factor Locus of Control Scale and either the Texas Social Behavior Inventory (N=64 males and 211 females), the Barron ego…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Child Rearing, Comparative Analysis, Emotional Adjustment
A Comparison of Affective Changes Between Economically Disadvantaged and Advantaged Sixth Graders at a Resident Outdoor Education Program.
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Fletcher, Sarah Ann – 1973
Examining the differences in affective outcomes of economically advantaged and disadvantaged 6th grade students attending a 5-day residential outdoor education program in the Toledo Ohio Public Schools, pre- and post-tests were administered to randomly selected samples of 25 advantaged males and females and 25 disadvantaged males and females.…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Camping, Comparative Analysis