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ERIC Number: EJ340931
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1986
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Testing Kohn's Self-Reliance Hypothesis Among High School Adolescents.
Davis, Richard A.
Adolescence, v21 n82 p443-47 Sum 1986
Tests the proposition that self-reliance promotes a sense of well-being among adolescents. Results support the proposition that students enrolled in tracks where close supervision is kept to a minimum and the exercise of initiative is emphasized tended to exhibit lower levels of fatalism. (Author/ABB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, High School Students, Individual Power, Negative Attitudes, Personal Autonomy, Secondary Education, Self Determination, Well Being
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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