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ERIC Number: EJ397174
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Personality and Social Class among Eleven-year-old Children.
Pearson, Paul R.; And Others
Educational Studies, v15 n2 p107-13 1989
Reports a British study that explores relationship between social class and personality among 11-year-olds, using the Junior Eysenck Personality Inventory-Short Form. Social class was determined by the father's occupation, and alternatively, by neighborhood. No correlation was found between father's occupation and any of the four personality variables, but pupils from working class neighborhoods scored higher on the psychoticism scale. (LS)
Descriptors: Family Environment, Fathers, Foreign Countries, Middle Class, Personality, Personality Development, Personality Measures, Personality Studies, Personality Traits, Preadolescents, Social Background, Social Differences, Working Class
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Great Britain