THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG FIELD DEPENDENCE, FEAR OF SUCCESS AND THE PROTESTANT ETHIC FOR AFRO-CARIBBEANS, AFRO-AMERICANS AND WHITE COLLEGE STUDENTS.
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Title
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THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG FIELD DEPENDENCE, FEAR OF SUCCESS AND THE PROTESTANT ETHIC FOR AFRO-CARIBBEANS, AFRO-AMERICANS AND WHITE COLLEGE STUDENTS.
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Identifier
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AAI8611344
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identifier
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8611344
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Creator
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GONSALVES, SANDRA VIRGINIA.
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Contributor
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Florence L. Denmark
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Date
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1986
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Personality | Education, Bilingual and Multicultural
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Abstract
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The underlying theoretical and empirical relationship among three psychological constructs viz. field dependence (FD), the fear of success (FOS), and the Protestant Ethic (PE) were assessed for Afro-Caribbeans, Afro-Americans and white college students. Some of the principal purposes of this investigation were (1) to extend correlational findings among each of the constructs, and provide construct validation for each of the personality dimensions; (2) to generate current normative data for the scales; (3) to validate the instruments on an ethnically plural sample, some of whom have received scant attention in the psychological literature and; (4) to factor analyze the PE scales.;The a priori hypotheses advanced were: (1) FD would endorse more FOS items than field independent (FI) individuals; (2) Greater levels of psychological differentiation (FI) would be associated with high PE endorsement; (3) High levels of FOS would be associated with low levels of PE endorsement; (4) The Hidden Figures Test (HFT) and the Group Embedded Figures Test (GEFT) would be positively and significantly correlated; (5) The two PE scales would be positively and significantly correlated; (6) No statistically significant differences in PE endorsement would be evinced for Afro-Americans and Afro-Caribbeans; (7) Females would score in the FD direction; (8) Afro-Americans and Afro-Caribbeans would be more FD vis-a-vis their Anglo counterparts and; (9) Afro-Caribbeans would score higher on the PE scale compared to whites.;A total of 300 subjects voluntarily participated in this investigation. The revised version of the Statistical package for the Social Science (SPSSX) was the software utilized. Pearson correlations, partial correlations, t-tests, factor analyses, ANOVAS, and multiple regression analyses were performed to illuminate the relationships among the psychological constructs. Two measures of FI/FD (the GEFT and the HFT), two measures of the Protestant Ethic (the Blood (1969) Pro-Protestant Ethic scale and the Mirels and Garrett (1971) scale and the Zukerman and Allison (1976) Fear of Success scale were administered to the participants.;The findings evinced support for hypotheses 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. Plausible explanations with Afro-centrically oriented interpretations are advanced to account for these findings.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Psychology
