The Personality Characteristics of Male Educable Mentally Retarded Students Successful and Unsuccessful at Employment.

Coonley, Patrick G.; Coonley, Carol Sue

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ERIC Number: ED139223

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Publication Date: 1977-Apr

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The Personality Characteristics of Male Educable Mentally Retarded Students Successful and Unsuccessful at Employment.

Coonley, Patrick G.; Coonley, Carol Sue

The personality characteristics of 50 successfully employed and 50 unsuccessfully employed mildly retarded males (16-19 years old) were evaluated. Analyses of scores on the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire, FORM E, indicated that the successfully employed Ss were more practical than imaginative, more tough-minded than tender-minded, and more shrewd than forthright. Findings had implications for counseling educable retarded workstudy students. (CL)

Descriptors: Employment, Males, Mental Retardation, Mild Mental Retardation, Personality, Personality Assessment, Postsecondary Education, Success, Vocational Adjustment

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