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ERIC Number: EJ310889
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Effects of Social Stimulus Value on Academic Achievement and Social Competence: A Reconsideration of Children's First-Name Characteristics.
Ford, Martin E.; And Others
Journal of Educational Psychology, v76 n6 p1149-58 Dec 1984
The evidence for possible negative effects of first-name characteristics on personal functioning is equivocal. Two studies were conducted that avoided previous methodological problems of measurement, sampling, and statistical control. Results indicated that children's social competence and school achievement were unrelated to the frequency or desirability of their first names. (Author/BS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Interpersonal Competence, Predictor Variables, Research Methodology, Research Problems, Social Characteristics, Statistical Analysis
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Name Stereotypes; Names; Social Stimuli