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ERIC Number: EJ066000
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1972
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Tolerance for Ambiguity in Late Adolescent Males: Implications for a Developmental Model of Paranoid Behavior
Heilbrun, Alfred B., Jr.
Developmental Psychology, 7, 3, 288-94, Nov 72
A developmental model of paranoid behavior is proposed which includes among its postulates the expectation that sons who have maintained an open style of adaptation to aversive maternal control will be less tolerant of ambiguity than will sons who have adopted a closed style. (Author)
Descriptors: Adaptation Level Theory, Adolescents, Ambiguity, Behavior Theories, Data Analysis, Males, Models, Mothers, Paranoid Behavior, Parent Influence
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