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Koziey, Paul W.; Davies, Leigh – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1982
Tends to support assertion that children from homes broken by separation, divorce, or death are less well-adjusted in terms of California Personality Inventory scales of self-control, socialization, femininity, and good impression, than children from intact homes. Age and sex were not found to be linked to the degree of maladjustment. (AH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age, Death, Divorce

Peeler, Elizabeth; Rimmer, Susan M. – Elementary School Guidance and Counseling, 1981
Described an assertiveness scale for children developed to assess four dimensions of assertiveness across three categories of interpersonal situations. The scale was administered to elementary and middle school children (N=609) and readministered to students (N=164) to assess test-retest reliability. Test-retest reliability was low while internal…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Children, Counseling Techniques, Elementary Education
Cox, W. Miles – 1980
Several theories of the alcoholic personality have been devised to determine the relationship between the clusters of personality characteristics of alcoholics and their abuse of alcohol. The oldest and probably best known theory is the dependency theory, formulated in the tradition of classical psychoanalysis, which associates the alcoholic's…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Anxiety, Attribution Theory, Compensation (Concept)
Mills, Carol J. – 1983
Personality characteristics were assessed for 65 male and 85 female gifted adolescents and their parents. Ss were enrolled in a college program for gifted students. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and the Adjective Checklist were used to describe personality patterns found in this group and to compare the gifted student to other populations. A set…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Gifted, Interpersonal Competence, Personality Traits

Orwoll, Lucinda; Achenbaum, W. Andrew – Human Development, 1993
Drawing on a model of wisdom that includes components in three domains (personality, cognition, and conation) and across three levels (intrapersonal, interpersonal, and transpersonal), highlights potential differences in the ways women and men attain and express wisdom; and examines interactive patterns across the components of wisdom. (BC)
Descriptors: Individual Development, Interpersonal Competence, Models, Personality
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

Kelly, Jeffrey A.; And Others – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1981
Investigated the relationship between sex role orientations and performance in interpersonal situations. Males and females in each of four sex role categories role-played situations requiring the appropriate expression of assertiveness. Androgynous subjects were most effective in rated skills components while undifferentiated subjects were highly…
Descriptors: Androgyny, Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns, Interpersonal Competence
Saarni, Carolyn – 1999
The concept of emotional competence entails resilience, self-efficacy, and acting in accord with one's sense of moral character. This suggests argues that emotional competence is demonstrated by the self-efficacy in emotion-eliciting encounters and identifies eight key emotional skills that support its acquisition in interpersonal contexts. The…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Child Development, Context Effect, Cultural Influences
Ridenhour, Suzanne M.; Brownlow, Sheila – 1993
Adaptive behavior refers to behaviors that demonstrate an age-appropriate level of adjustment and independence within one's cultural group. Many adaptive behaviors involve social perception, which may be described as knowing who does what, with whom, where, and when. The demonstration of these behaviors may be an important factor in the ability of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adults, Interpersonal Competence, Mental Retardation

Feiring, Candice; Lewis, Michael – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1980
Descriptors: Infant Behavior, Infants, Interpersonal Competence, Longitudinal Studies

Allen, Ola; And Others – Health Values: The Journal of Health Behavior, Education & Promotion, 1994
Reports a study that examined the interactive effects of smoking status and gender on shyness, sociability, loneliness, and hopelessness among 1,915 high school students in a Mississippi county. Results indicated smoking status significantly impacted with gender on each of the four psychosocial variables. Male smokers felt more lonely and hopeless…
Descriptors: Adolescents, High School Students, High Schools, Interpersonal Competence
York, Michael W.; And Others – 1992
A study (one of a series) sought to identify interpersonal events related to implicit communication. Implicit communication is defined as nonverbal behavior which serves to transmit "subintended" information. The study explored whether interpersonal roles which account for part of the process of nonverbal communication (and which were…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Higher Education, Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Competence
Freundl, Pamela C. – 1981
Feminine sex-role behavior, which includes deferential, nonassertive behavior, may stem from women's low status position and powerlessness. In a study of male and female college students, perceptions of the acceptability of assertive behavior were examined as a function of: (1) sex and status characteristics of assertive speakers; (2) sex of the…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns, Interpersonal Competence, Personality Traits

Baumrind, Diana – Child Development, 1982
Using extensive, multifaceted observational and interview data from the Family Socialization and Developmental Competence Project (FSP), this paper examines the claims that androgynes, by comparison with sex-typed individuals, are more effective persons and parents. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Androgyny, Authoritarianism, Children, Comparative Analysis

Croake, James W.; And Others – Journal of College and University Student Housing, 1980
Findings show that male students who chose to live in coeducational residence halls were more mature and better adjusted than students who chose single-sex residence halls. Few personality differences were found between female groups. (NRB)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), College Students, Dormitories, Group Experience