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THE CLASSIFICATION AND CORRELATES OF CHILDREN'S ACADEMIC AND RECREATIONAL INTERESTS
Author(s) -
Nias David K. B.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1979.tb01707.x
Subject(s) - psychology , recreation , personality , entertainment , reading (process) , developmental psychology , social psychology , art , political science , law , visual arts
SUMMARY Hobbies, school subjects, TV programmes, reading topics and sports were rated for degree of interest by 1152 school children, aged 12–16 years. Twelve factors concerned with specific areas, such as entertainment and academic matters, were obtained by principal component methods. Except for obvious links, such as interest in sport with ability, the factors were relatively independent of such other variables as personality and social class. Apart from indicating that interests constitute a source of information not covered by personality scales, this evidence implies that the acquisition of a particular interest is largely a matter of chance.