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Adams, Gerald R.; And Others – Adolescence, 1979
Eighty adolescents, grades 7-9, were assessed on empathy development and perceived competencies. Females proved more empathic than males, but no developmental trends in empathy development were observed. Social competence was positively associated with empathic skills, but cognitive and physical competencies showed a negative association,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Competence
Bond, Lloyd; And Others – 1975
Form D of the Psychosocial Maturity (PSM) Inventory and the Rokeach Dogmatism Scale were administered to 325 10th grade students to test a predicted correlation between the Dogmatism Scale and the Change and Tolerance subscales of the PSM battery, and to examine the pattern of covariation between psychosocial maturity and dogmatism. A substantial…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Dogmatism, Grade 10
Stein, Emily – 1976
To further validate the locus of control (LOC) construct and to counterbalance the present tendency in LOC literature to downgrade the external LOC personality, the relationship between LOC and social acceptance or popularity was examined. It was hypothesized that a relationship exists between LOC and social acceptance; and secondly, that a high…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Correlation, Intermediate Grades, Interpersonal Competence