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An evaluation of internal bias on the California test of personality
(1985)
An evaluation of internal bias was conducted on the California Test of Personality (CTP), Elementary, Form AA with a sample of 1621 students in grades four through eight from a largely rural school district in southwest ...
A comparison of measured personality characteristics of chronic low back pain patients and multiple pain patients
(1985)
This study was undertaken to compare personality characteristics of patients being treated for specific types of chronic benign pain. The subjects were 166 patients seeking treatment at a chronic pain clinic in a large ...
Correlates of mother-infant attachment : a meta-analysis
(1985)
A meta-analysis was conducted to review and integrate the findings of the mother-infant attachment literature. Standardizing differences for secure and anxiously attached infants from 89 studies yielded 809 outcome values. ...
WISC-R analysis and profiles as determinants of learning problem diagnoses among children with superior intelligence
(1985)
The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) is the most widely used individual intelligence test for children and has been researched with many different populations. This study focused on the performance ...
An attributional perspective on stress in primary teachers
(1985)
After reflecting on attributional research and achievement motivation theory, this study proposed a model of teacher stress. Included in this model were situational variables and various attributional variables which ...
Adult memory for experienced events
(1985)
In order to study the effects of age, frequency of recall and degree of involvement upon memory for experienced events, 71 women within three different age groups (18-25, 35-45 and 55-65) participated in an hour-long ...
Effects of the future problem solving program on gifted students' ability to solve futuristic problems
(1985)
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of the Future Problem Solving Program on gifted students' ability to solve futuristic problems. Three specific research questions were addressed. The first question ...
Ability patterns of White and Black adults as determined by the subscales on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised
(1985)
The present study was designed to investigate one primary research question. Do Black and White adults differ in ability patterns, independent of any overall score differences, as determined by the 11 substests of the ...
Hyperactive and non-hyperactive children's knowledge and use of factors affecting attention
(1985)
The major purposes of this study were to investigate differences in 2nd and 5th grade hyperactive and non-hyperactive children's: (1) knowledge of factors affecting attention, (2) performance on a vigilance task in reward ...
Attributions of potential high-risk college students
(1985)
This study explored the reasons why students with poor academic backgrounds select higher education as a means of career preparation. The study investigated the attributions of students who were nearing completion of high ...