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Wheeler, Robert J. – 1985
The development of humanistic psychology has stimulated research that supports the importance of life esteem, or the way people view meaning and purpose in their lives. The Life Esteem survey is a self-report questionnaire designed to measure the four components of life esteem (framework, perspective, commitment, quality) and to assess the…
Descriptors: Adults, College Students, Individual Differences, Objectives
Petiet, Carole Anne – 1983
Based on the assumption that differences in personal meaning and in the social significance of loss predispose widows and divorced individuals to different, specific vulnerabilities during grieving, 410 separated, divorced, and widowed women, aged 23 to 76 years, with at least one child, completed the Multiple Affect Adjective Checklist, the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adults, Divorce, Females
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O'Thearling, Sibyl; Bickley-Green, Cynthia Ann – Visual Arts Research, 1996
Examines a visual art program for at-risk students that attempts to increase self-esteem, stimulate inquiry, and develop critical thinking through art criticism and self- expression. Summarizes the responses of 11 at-risk students and 35 general education college students to the question, "What is art?" (MJP)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Art Education, Art Therapy, College Students
Shaver, Kelly G.; Fleming, John H. – 1983
Current social psychological analysis of the self is characterized by three principles: the self is bounded and concrete; the opinions of others are valued for self-definition, self-evaluation and the maintenance of self-esteem; and the road to fame is paved with one's own actions. Attributions of causality for one's actions traditionally have…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Philosophy, Reference Groups, Self Concept
Crystal, Ralph M., Comp. – 1982
The report covers issues in the rehabilitation of persons with learning disabilities (LD). Issues raised in an interdisciplinary conference on the rehabilitation needs of adolescents and adults with LD are identified for four areas (sample subtopics in parentheses): (1) definition, assessment, and service delivery (characteristics of effective…
Descriptors: Adults, Educational Needs, Employment, Learning Disabilities
Licht, Barbara G. – 1987
This paper examines the ways in which children's beliefs about their abilities influence their academic achievement. These beliefs interact with the demands of different tasks or learning situations. Research is described which deals with children's causal attributions for their academic success or failure and with children's definitions of…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, Beliefs