PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS AND SOCAL AND ACH IEVEMENT BEHAVIORS ASSOCIATED WITH CHILDRENS SOCIAL DESIRABILITY RESPONSE TENDENCIES
PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS AND SOCAL AND ACH IEVEMENT BEHAVIORS ASSOCIATED WITH CHILDRENS SOCIAL DESIRABILITY RESPONSE TENDENCIES
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DOI:
10.1037/h0023891
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发表时间:
1966-01-01
影响因子:
7.6
通讯作者:
CRANDALL, VC
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作者:
CRANDALL, VC
HIGH SCORES ON THE CHILDREN'S SOCIAL DESIRABILITY (CSD) QUESTIONNAIRE WERE SIGNIFICANTLY RELATED TO CPI SUBSCALE SCORES (10TH GRADERS), INDICATING THAT THESE CHILDREN ARE LESS PARTICIPATIVE, OF LOW SELF-ESTEEM, AND LACKING IN CONFIDENCE, ARE CONCERNED WITH OTHERS'EVALUATIONS, AND ARE SUGGESTIBLE, CONVENTIONAL, INHIBITED, AND CONTROLLED. MARLOWE AND CROWNE PROPOSE THAT STRONG SOCIAL DESIRABILITY TENDENCIES ARE EVIDENCE OF A NEED FOR APPROVAL. HOWEVER, IN FREE PLAY, HIGH CSD BOYS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGE DID NOT AS OFTEN SEEK RECOGNITION AND APPROVAL, AVOIDED ACHIEVEMENT ACTIVITIES, AND HELD LOW EXPECTATIONS OF ACHIEVEMENT SUCCESS. HIGH CSD GIRLS WERE LESS AGGRESSIVE, BOTH PHYSICALLY AND VERBALLY, AND AVOIDED SOCIAL INTERACTION. THESE BEHAVIORS SEEM TO BE DESIGNED TO AVERT DISAPPROVAL, RATHER THAN TO ATTAIN POSITIVE RESPONSE. AMONG CHILDREN IN GRADES 4, 5, 8, AND 12, POORER ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT TEST PERFORMANCE WAS EVIDENCED BY HIGH CSD CHILDREN WITHIN BOTH HIGH AND LOW IQ LEVELS, EXCEPT THAT AMONG HIGH IQ CHILDREN IN GRADES 8 AND 12 THOSE WHO HAD HIGH CSD SCORES ATTAINED BETTER ACHIEVEMENT TEST PERFORMANCE.(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved)