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51.

Reliability of the Inventory of Learning Processes.

This study investigated whether the Inventory of Learning Processes still reliably measures students learning styles 25 years ...
Bernadette M Gadzella (Psychol Rep, 200306)
reliability-inventory-learning-processes.asp

52.

Field-dependent-independent cognitive style in solving dynamics problems.

251 senior middle school (Grade 11) students were tested on the Chinese Group Embedded Figures Test and Dynamic Problems Test. A 2 (cognitive style) x 2 (sex) analysis of variance indicated a nonsignificant effect with respect to cognitive style in ...
Li-Jun Wang, Xin Wang, Ming-Zhang Ren (Psychol Rep, 200306)
field-dependent-independent-cognitive-style-solving-dynamics-problems.asp

53.

A new scale for the Manic-Depressiveness Scale.

In a sample of 503 undergraduates, a newly proposed subscale for the Manic-Depressiveness Scale is more strongly associated with depression scores than with manic ...
David Lester (Psychol Rep, 200306)
new-scale-manic-depressiveness-scale.asp

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Explanatory style and academic performance among college students beginning a major course of study.

Explanatory style, a cognitive variable, reflects how people typically explain the causes of bad events involving themselves. Explanatory style emerged from the attributional reformulation of the learned helplessness and depression model as a way of ...
Mary C LaForge, Stephen Cantrell (Psychol Rep, 200306)
explanatory-style-academic-performance-college-students-beginning.asp

55.

Social desirability, defense styles, and the Childrens Role Inventory scale.

This investigation was designed to answer several research questions. First, using each participants dominant score to place that individual into one of the four Childrens Role Inventory categories, what would be the distribution of college students ...
Daniel Lee Randolph, Christopher E Anderson, Penni L Smith, Molly A Shipley-Clark (Psychol Rep, 200306)
social-desirability-defense-styles-children-s-role-inventory-scale.asp

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Changes in self-perceptions of competence and intrinsic motivation among elementary schoolchildren.

BACKGROUND: Childrens perceived competence and intrinsic motivation are assumed to be very high at the outset of schooling. However, how they change and how they relate to each other and to academic achievement across early schooling years remain open to ...
Thérèse Bouffard, Marie-France Marcoux, Carole Vezeau, Luce Bordeleau (Br J Educ Psychol, 200306)
changes-self-perceptions-competence-intrinsic-motivation-elementary.asp

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Correlations among applicants communication apprehension, argumentativeness, and verbal aggressiveness in selection interviews.

This study explored the influence of applicants perceived apprehension during communication on self-reported argumentativeness and verbal aggressiveness in selection interviews. One week prior to selection interviews with corporate interviewers, 51 ...
Donna Simmons, Kevin G Lamude, Joseph Scudder (Psychol Rep, 200306)
correlations-applicants-communication-apprehension-argumentativeness.asp

58.

Confirmatory examination of the Multidimensional Aversion to Women Who Work Scale.

The factor structure of the Multidimensional Aversion to Women Who Work Scale was assessed using data collected from 418 predominantly young male and female college students attending one of four colleges or universities located in the south or southwest ...
Sean Valentine (Psychol Rep, 200306)
confirmatory-examination-multidimensional-aversion-women-who-work.asp

59.

Intervention on strategy use and on motivation of Greek pupils reading comprehension in English classes.

Although less skilled learners may improve their abilities through training in strategies used by successful learners, only a few studies have addressed the question of metacognitive strategy training in contexts in which foreign language is learned. ...
E Pappa, M Zafiropoulou, P Metallidou (Percept Mot Skills, 200306)
intervention-strategy-motivation-greek-pupils-reading-comprehension.asp

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Authoritarian attitudes and psychological health.

In a sample of 118 undergraduates, F Scale scores were not associated with neuroticism ...
David Lester, Ali Ahmed Al-Tarrah (Psychol Rep, 200306)
authoritarian-attitudes-psychological-health.asp