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Daydreaming, attentional processes, and curiosity in white Americans: Religious, educational, economic, and residency influences for a life span sample
Author(s) -
Giambra Leonard M.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198104)37:2<262::aid-jclp2270370207>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - psychology , demography , socioeconomic status , preference , curiosity , population , white (mutation) , sample (material) , life span , developmental psychology , gerontology , social psychology , medicine , biochemistry , chemistry , chromatography , sociology , gene , economics , microeconomics
A sample of 580 white men and 773 white women 17‐92 years old were scored on the 33 factors of the Imaginal Processes Inventory. These S s were categorized further according to Place/Population of Residency, Religious Preference, Type of Highest Degree, Level of Highest Degree, Annual Family Income, Self‐described Socio‐Economic Status, and Years of Education. Sex × Age × Demographic Variable ANOV As were performed on each of the 33 factors. Main effects due to Demographic variables were found to be significant in 22 cases; the Sex × Demographic Variable interaction was significant in 13 cases, the Age × Demographic Variable interaction was significant in 20 cases; and the Sex × Age × Demographic Variable interaction was significat in 11 cases.