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Peer reviewedZiv, Avner; Israeli, Ruth – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1973
The Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale was administered to 103 children from seven kibbutzim under frequent shelling and 90 children from seven kibbutzim that were never under fire. Contrary to the hypotheses that the children from the bombarded kibbutzim would have a higher level of anxiety than those from the nonbombarded ones, no significant…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Child Psychology, Personality Studies, Psychological Patterns
Lefcourt, Herbert M. – Canadian Psychological Review, 1976
The results obtained in a series of investigations with locus of control used as an independent variable provide evidence in support of the results obtained from situationally contrived studies of perceived control. The impact of stressors seems to be diminished in situations in which participants can exercise some degree of control. Likewise,…
Descriptors: Arousal Patterns, Behavior, Emotional Response, Individual Characteristics
KUETHE, JAMES L. – 1961
THE PURPOSE OF THIS INVESTIGATION WAS TO ISOLATE PERSONALITY TRAITS THAT ARE RELATED TO ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT INDEPENDENT OF CORRELATIONS WITH INTELLECTUAL CAPACITY AS MEASURED BY THE SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST, ACADEMIC RANK AS A HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR, AND TEACHER RECOMMENDATIONS. THIS RESEARCH CENTERED ON THE CAPACITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL COLLEGE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Adjustment (to Environment), College Students
