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The Relationship between Self-actualization and Psychosocial Maturity
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Olczak, Paul V.; Goldman, Jeffrey A. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1975
Article utilized the POI in order to compare psychosocial maturity with self-actualization. (RK)
Descriptors: Maturity (Individuals), Psychological Studies, Research Methodology, Self Actualization
Effect of an Innovative Academic Program upon Self-Actualization and Psychosocial Maturity
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Goldman, Jeffrey A.; Olczak, Paul V. – Journal of Educational Research, 1976
Data indicated that an innovative educational program failed to have a positive impact on freshman college students' personality development after one semester. (GW)
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Innovation, Maturity (Individuals), Personality Development
Self-actualization and the Act of Volunteering: Further Evidence for the Construct Validity of the Personal Orientation Inventory
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Goldman, Jeffrey A.; Olczak, Paul V. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1975
The results of the present study extend the construct validity of the POI by supporting the hypothesis that inner-directed and time-competent individuals would be less likely to yield to their instructor's requests than other-directed, time-incompetent individuals. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Psychological Characteristics, Psychological Studies, Research Methodology
Effect of an Innovative Educational Program upon Self-Actualization and Psychosocial Maturity: A Replication and Followup.
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Goldman, Jeffrey A.; Olczak, Paul V. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1980
Previous research found that an innovative educational program had a negative effect on participants' personality development. For the replication, control subjects increased their scores on three out of 19 scales while program praticipants' scores remained the same. When retested one year later, there were no significant differences. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Innovation, Followup Studies, Higher Education
Effect of Knowledge About Self-Actualization on Faking the Personal Orientation Inventory
Goldman, Jeffrey A.; Olczak, Paul V. – Journal of Counsulting and Clinical Psychology, 1976
The study factorially manipulated instructions (fake bad, be honest again control, fake good) and knowledge of self-actualization (naive, knowledgeable) to determine whether knowledge affects ability to create poor impressions or create good impressions in comparison with appropriate controls on the Personal Orientation Inventory (POI). (Author)
Descriptors: Cheating, College Students, Higher Education, Personality Assessment