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Personality source traits of intermediate elementary students selected as emotionally handicapped and their nonhandicapped peers
Author(s) -
King Dennis R.,
Harris Walter J.,
Drummond Robert J.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(198004)17:2<168::aid-pits2310170205>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - psychology , feeling , developmental psychology , big five personality traits , personality , clinical psychology , social psychology
Ninety‐eight students in grades four through six in a rural Maine school were administered the Children's Personality Questionnaire (CPQ). Following a brief review of Bower's (1961) characteristics of emotionally handicapped children, the teachers of these students were asked to list the students in their classroom who they felt might be emotionally handicapped. Analysis of variance on the 14 CPQ factor scores between selected and nonselected groups indicate five significant differences: Factor A (Reserved vs. Warmhearted), C (Affected by Feelings vs. Emotionally Stable), G (Expedient vs. Conscientious), Q 3 (Undisciplined Self‐Conflict vs. Highly Controlled) and Q 4 (Relaxed vs. Tense). Implications of this study were for preservice and in‐service teacher training and future research on comparisons of teacher, student, peer, and parent perceptions of emotional handicaps to learning.