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Di Cola, Joseph Martin – Illinois School Research, 1973
The prupose of this study was to investigate the effect of verbal reinforcement on the relationship between self-esteem and persistence. (Author)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Elementary School Students, Methods, Persistence
Peer reviewedJohnson, Charles D.; And Others – Journal of Research in Personality, 1973
The present study provides a more direct test of the role of competence motivation in the relationship between interpersonal attraction and agreement-disagreement. In particular, the possibility that attitude disagreements elicit decrements in one's sence of personal competence and self-esteem is examined. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Interpersonal Competence, Models, Reinforcement
Sachs, Donald H. – 1973
It was predicted that high self-esteem subjects would have higher attraction scores than low self-esteem subjects to similar strangers or to strangers who gave positive personal evaluations. It was also predicted that high self-esteem subjects would have lower attraction scores than low self-esteem subjects to dissimilar strangers or to subjects…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Interaction, Interpersonal Relationship, Positive Reinforcement
Peer reviewedGurney, Peter W. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1987
This study examined the effect of increasing the frequency of positive self-referent verbal statements upon both overt and reported self-esteem in children with adjustment problems. Subjects were boys in special schools. Results showed a significant difference in overt self-esteem, but not in other dependent variables. (LMO)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Elementary Education
Kearns, John – 1988
A controlled study investigated the impact of systematic praise techniques on 145 sixth-grade students' self-esteem. Eighty-five students comprised the experimental group, and 60 students made up the control group. The study was initiated in order to explore the link between self-esteem and academic achievement. The attempt to increase student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Elementary School Students, Feedback
