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Coping Styles and Psychological Distress among Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong.
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Lee, Hing-chu B.; And Others – Journal of Adolescent Research, 1992
Examined relationship between coping styles and psychological distress in nonclinical sample of 832 Hong Kong Chinese adolescents. Factor analyses suggest adolescents used relatively similar coping strategies. Four broad coping styles were identified. Avoidance/blaming was found to be a significant and moderately strong predictor of psychological…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Coping, Developmental Tasks, Foreign Countries
A Self Concept Assessment of an Indian High School.
Frey, Sherman – 1980
A Self-Concept Scale for Adolescents based on Havighurst's Developmental Tasks for Youth was constructed to reflect the adolescents' perceptions of their ability to achieve these tasks in relation to personal abilities, the abilities of others, and the criteria for successful task completion. A validity and reliability study showed the scale to be…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, American Indians, Developmental Tasks
A Study of the Relationship of the Self Concept to Student GPA, Grade Level, Age, Sex, and Social Class.
Frey, Sherman – 1973
The relationship between grade point average, grade level, age, sex, social class, and self-concept as defined by Havighurst's Developmental Tasks for Youth was investigated. Subjects were 280 adolescents ranging in age from 13 through 18 and coming from a variety of social classes. Each subject completed a Self-Concept Scale for Adolescents,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Age Differences, Developmental Tasks
The Relationship of the Self Concepts of Indian Adolescents to Certain Personal and Social Variables.
Frey, Sherman – 1980
A Self-Concept Scale for Adolescents based on Havighurst's Developmental Tasks for Youth was constructed to reflect adolescents' perceptions of their ability to achieve these tasks in relation to personal abilities, the abilities of others, and the criteria for successful task completion. A validity and reliability study showed the scale to be…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, American Indians, Comparative Analysis
A Comparison of the Effects of Certain Personal and Social Variables on Caucasian and Indian Adolescents' Perceptions of Their Ability to Achieve Havighurst's Developmental Tasks.
Frey, Sherman – 1980
A Self-Concept Scale for Adolescents based on Havighurst's Developmental Tasks for Youth was constructed to reflect adolescents' perceptions of their ability to achieve these tasks in relation to personal abilities, the abilities of others, and the criteria for successful task completion. A validity and reliability study showed the scale to be…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, American Indians, Comparative Analysis
Gender and Adult Mid-Life Development: Critical Appraisal.
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Cytrynbaum, Solomon; And Others – 1978
A systematic review and critique of the work of midlife researchers and theorists such as Gould, Vaillant, Jung, Newman and Levinson, among others, indicates that: (1) a midlife transition period exists from approximately 35 to 55 and lasts as many as 10 years for both men and women; (2) a series of unique and fundamental biological, psychosocial,…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Age, Behavior Patterns