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Are Kibbutz Children Different From City Children in Locus of Control, Anxiety, and Persistence?
Author(s) -
Lufi Dubi,
Tenenbaum Gershon
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of multicultural counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.545
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 2161-1912
pISSN - 0883-8534
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1912.1993.tb00230.x
Subject(s) - psychology , persistence (discontinuity) , locus of control , plural , developmental psychology , anxiety , personality , child rearing , big five personality traits , clinical psychology , social psychology , psychiatry , linguistics , philosophy , geotechnical engineering , engineering
The kibbutz (“kibbutzim” is the plural form) in Israel has a unique child‐rearing system where children are reared primarily by a “caretaker” during both day and night. Previously, the method of investigating this unique rearing method consisted mainly of observation and surveys. Only rarely were psychometric methods applied. The purpose of the current study was to measure several personality traits of kibbutz children and to compare them to those of similar children in the city through the application of standardized questionnaires.