The purpose of this research was to determine whether sex, teacher grades, standardized achievement test scores, intelligence test scores, and teacher ratings of children's classroom social behavior are long-range (eight years) predictors of academic achievement. Significant and high Rs were found for all criteria (teacher grades and standardized…

This report is an integral part of the publication series of the Youth in Transition study, a nationwide panel survey of adolescent boys, which attempts to discover and document how the contemporary social environments affect the development of young men during their high school years. Four waves of data were gathered from 2,213 boys comprising…

Diminishing financial resources have decreased the availability of individual counseling and instructional services. It therefore becomes more critical to accurately identify those students most likely to need specialized treatment. The model presented here is designed to extend various socio-psychological concepts based on environmental cause…

The seven Scales of Self-Regard for Preschool Children are based on a model which indicates that the personality element "Self" is composed of seven, separable and measurable components. This study addresses itself to the separability of the components assessed by the seven scales. The sample for this study came from the 1975 field test.…

The Barber Scales of Self-Regard for Preschool Children resulted from a personality model specifying seven measurable and separate components resulting in self-image. The following are the scale titles: (1) purposeful learning of skills, (2) completing tasks, (3) coping with fears, (4) children's responses to requests, (5) dealing with…

Results of the study showed no significant difference as to final first year grade point average or academic penalty between groups admitted on the basis of open admission, interview, teacher recommendations, Grade 13 academic achievement and Service for Admission to College and Universities (SACU) test scores, and traditional criteria. (JT)

A multiple regression analysis was performed on all Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS) and Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) scales to determine those scales which could be used to predict success in a secondary teacher preparation program for females and males. Significant discriminant function equations were obtained. (Author/BJG)

The reliability and validity of an instrument designed to predict dimensions of community adjustment of schizophrenic patients released to reside in the outside community was investigated. Cross-validation was only modestly successful. (JKS)

Socio-political forecasting, a new dimension to university planning that can provide universities time to prepare for the impact of social and political changes, is examined. The four elements in the process are scenarios of the future, the probability/diffusion matrix, the profile of significant value-system changes, and integration and…

Researches predictors of female delinquency that originate at home: parental characteristics and aspects of parent-child relations; and also those predictors based on the characteristics of the delinquent girl herself, e.g., general psychological health, personality, attitudes, etc.; and external factors, e.g., socioeconomic status, race, place of…

Over 2,000 15-16 year old adolescents from central Scotland were surveyed to determine characteristics of high- vs. low-frequency television viewers. Personality characteristics, attitudes toward school and sports, and socioeconomic status were related to viewing habits. Sex of the viewer was found to be related to choice of programs. (GDC)

Using 21 moderately and mildly retarded women (most in their twenties) residing at a state school, the study explored a method for identifying verbal and nonverbal behaviors which influence the way in which mentally retarded job applicants are perceived and evaluated. (JYC)

The study investigated why several minority groups in the United States have average fertility rates that differ significantly from rates of the native-born white population. Data were analyzed for social status and marital characteristics. Findings indicated that fertility differentials are too complex to be explained by references either to…

The relationship between various aspects of student self-concept and student participation in the extra-and cocurricular activity programs of several high schools was explored. Known and hypothesized indicants of participation were explored. Results indicated that self-concept variables and personal variables were differential in the nature of…

This study describes the development of a common factor model for a cross-lagged difference involving a measure of aural comprehension and an intellectual composite. The direction of the difference was that the Listening Test predicted the composite more accurately than the composite predicted the Listening Test. (Author/CTM)