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Peer reviewedTer Laak, Jan; de Goede, Martijn; Aleva, Liesbeth; Brugman, Gerard; van Leuven, Miranda; Hussmann, Judith – Adolescence, 2003
Study investigated personality traits and social competence as predictors of delinquency in adolescent girls. Agreeableness did not correlate with the overall delinquency score. The more crimes reported, the less conscientious, more neurotic, and more open the girls were. Correlation between delinquency and extroversion was not statistically…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency, Delinquency Causes, Females
Peer reviewedEisele, Jill; And Others – Adolescence, 1986
Identified factors related to eating disorders in young adolescent girls. Findings revealed significant differences among the girls based on intact versus broken family; subjects' actual and preferred weight; whether the family ate meals together; average grades; age and grade in school; fathers' occupation; future career plans; place of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Family Relationship, Females
Peer reviewedClark, M. L. – Adolescence, 1986
Investigated differences in the personality and social backgrounds of science and nonscience majors. Natural science majors were of a higher social class, had higher intelligence test scores, were more reserved, sober, practical, and male sex-role oriented than the social and nonscience majors. Blacks and females resembled their white or male…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Personality Traits, Predictor Variables
Peer reviewedHoward, R. C.; And Others – Adolescence, 1986
Investigated factors influencing truancy from a juvenile court treatment facility. Youth placed in the facility were compared for number of truancies, background, and personality variables. Males with prior adjudication for truancy had a 65% probability of eloping from the court facility. Females showed a 62% probability of truancy. Personality…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Delinquency, Juvenile Courts
Peer reviewedColes, Charlton J.; Greene, Anthony F.; Braithwaite, Harold O. – Adolescence, 2002
Examines three factors that may place adolescents at risk for aggression and violence: personality, affect, and family. Using a sample of male adolescents at risk for violence, a cluster analysis was conducted to categorize these adolescents in terms of personality characteristics. Concludes that, among male delinquents, elevated psychopathology…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Anger, At Risk Persons
Peer reviewedWright, Loyd S. – Adolescence, 1985
Among 433 high school seniors, 12 percent were determined to be either polydrug users or abusers. Comparisons between nonpolydrug users and polydrug users on family violence, personality traits, psychological characteristics, and behavior are given. (Author/BL)
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Drug Rehabilitation, Drug Use, Family Violence
Peer reviewedSewell, Trevor; And Others – Adolescence, 1982
Examined the relationship of cognitive and personality variables to achievement in 49 Black junior high school students. Results showed a higher achievement motivation for males. Neither personality nor social reinforcement showed much predictive value. The relationship between achievement motive and academic measures was not significant. (JAC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Black Students, Intelligence
Peer reviewedFaupel, Kathryn C. – Adolescence, 1989
Explored measuring psychic entropy (loss of motivation, unfocused attention, passivity, bad moods) in junior and senior high school students (N=22) and noted predictability of gender and grade using Psychic Entropy Measure for Adolescents. Found results did not support hypotheses that girls experience greater psychic entropy than boys or that…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Fear, High School Students, Instructional Program Divisions
