An investigation into the relationship between adolescent problems and age, intelligence quotient, sex, school achievement, and socio-economic status.

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dc.contributor.authorPearse, Beverly Ruthen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-15T17:15:32Z
dc.date.available2024-08-15T17:15:32Z
dc.date.copyright1974en_US
dc.date.issued1974
dc.degree.departmentFaculty of Education
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Curriculum and Instruction
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en
dc.description.abstractThis study was directed towards gaining knowledge of factors which could influence the type of problems adolesĀ­cents see themselves as having. The variables considered were: age, IQ, sex, school achievements, and socio-economic status. Two hundred and fifty students comprised the sample. Fifty students, evenly divided as to boys and girls, were chosen in each of the grades from eight to twelve. All subjects were administered the Symonds Scale, a 1933 ranking sheet for adolescent problems, and a revision of the West Scale which was a checklist of adolescent areas of concern. Results on the two measuring instruments were compared for boys versus girls, for each of the five grade levels, for three levels of school achievement, for three levels of IQ, and for three levels of socio-economic status. School achievement was measured with grade point average scores (GPA), and socio-economic status (SES) was determined by the administration of a Blishen Scale. A computer analysis of the results showed that none of the variables, age, IQ, sex, GPA, or SES had a significant effect on the types of problems adolescents saw themselves as experiencing. Similarly, when the results of this use of the Symonds scale were compared to the previous three uses of the instrument (Harris, 1957; Kaczkowski, 1962; Chabassol & Thomas, 1969) no significant differences were noted.
dc.format.extent91 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/19302
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dc.titleAn investigation into the relationship between adolescent problems and age, intelligence quotient, sex, school achievement, and socio-economic status.en_US
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