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Hartman, Sandra J.; Harris, O. Jeff – Journal of Social Psychology, 1992
Presents a study of parental influence on leadership styles. Reports that correlations between students and their role models show early influence is important to leadership qualities. Suggests that gender related influences are operational. Concludes that early influences are emulated rather than opposed and are strongest in male students with…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Higher Education, Leadership, Leadership Styles
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Damico, Sandra B. – Psychology in the Schools, 1975
This ethnographic study of a self-contained classroom of eight-, nine-, and ten-year-olds examined sexual differences in peer interactions. Within the observed classroom, males and females established separate social systems which had only limited contact with each other. Males were found to interact with significantly more classmates than…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Children, Elementary Education, Interaction Process Analysis
Hardy, Robert C. – 1995
This paper reviews a number of studies that have tested Fiedler's (1964) Contingency Model and Least Preferred Co-Worker Scale of leadership style and effectiveness, focusing on studies that have examined the characteristics and stability of this scale across age, ethnicity, and gender. The Contingency Model is based on three determinants of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Behavioral Science Research, Children
McIntosh, Ruth; Vaughn, Sharon – 1993
This study examined the aggressive behaviors of children through peer ratings to teacher ratings of problem behaviors and social skills and peer ratings of friendship. Peer data are valid measures and may be more accurate than teacher or self measures because peers are more likely to be present when aggression occurs. This study examines a peer…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavioral Science Research, Elementary School Students, Grade 1
Solomon, Daniel; Kendall, Arthur J. – 1975
A study was conducted to ascertain which dimensions of children's classroom behavior are seen to be important by teachers and how accurate teachers' perceptions are of children's behavior in terms of such dimensions. Teachers in six suburban fourth-grade classrooms rated classroom behavior of each of their students (105 boys and 78 girls) using…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Classroom Observation Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Educational Psychology
Garfunkel, Frank – 1970
The rationale for and development of the Classroom Behavior Scales (CRB) are discussed in connection with applications on four separate samples of Head Start, kindergarten and first grade children. Studies of observer agreement, stability, structure, comparisons over sex, classes, conditions, observers and over time are presented. Results showed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Rating Scales, Behavioral Science Research, Classroom Environment