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The influence of religious symbols on the digit span performance of roman catholic elementary school students
Author(s) -
Saigh Philip A.
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(198110)37:4<851::aid-jclp2270370431>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - psychology , memory span , symbol (formal) , numerical digit , developmental psychology , social psychology , mathematics education , arithmetic , cognition , mathematics , psychiatry , linguistics , philosophy , working memory
Thirty‐six parochial school students were randomly selected and assigned to one of three treatment groups. Students in the first group were tested by an examiner who wore a moderately proportioned gold cross, while the second group was examined by the same psychologist as he wore a similarly proportioned gold Star of David. The examiner wore no symbol as he tested the third group. A one‐way ANOVA and Scheffé after tests revealed that scores varied as a function of the presence and type of symbol that was displayed. Implications for practitioners and consideration for additional research were noted and discussed.