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Download full textLaasonen, Raimo – 1991
This paper presents a theoretical study conducted as part of a larger research project concerning personality as an educational phenomenon. In contrast to most approaches, which view personality from the outside, this approach employs systems analysis to examine how individuals identify their personalities in varying subenvironments of a social…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Foreign Countries, Identification, Interpersonal Competence
Nieminen, Seija – 1984
A study was made of comprehensive school teachers' perceptions of mental health when it was defined as a "dynamic integration process of the physical, psychical, social, and spiritual existence of a human being." Two groups participated: 76 middle-aged teachers and 87 advanced teacher trainees. Perceptions of health and mental health…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Education Majors, Foreign Countries, Job Satisfaction
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Direct linkLindfors, Kaj; Elovainio, Marko; Sinkkonen, Jari; Aalberg, Veikko; Vuorinen, Risto – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2005
Construct validity of the Offer Self-Image Questionnaire (OSIQ) was studied in a sample of 194 normal Finnish adolescents from 14 to 16 years of age. Confirmatory factor analysis provided support for the hierarchical structure of adolescents' self-image with 5 lower-order factors loading on a single higher-order factor. Lower-order factors were…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Self Concept, Questionnaires, Self Esteem
Laine, Eero J. – 1988
A study investigated Finnish high school students' second language learning motivation, attitudes, self-concepts, inhibitions, and selected personality traits. The study attempted to learn more about the nature, content, and functions of the "affective filter" in foreign language learning. A variety of relationships between these factors…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, High School Students
