Interpersonal correlates of success in gifted African-American and Latino students.
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Title
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Interpersonal correlates of success in gifted African-American and Latino students.
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Identifier
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AAI9732908
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identifier
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9732908
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Creator
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Davis, Tommy, III.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Vera S. Paster
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Date
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1997
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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, Behavioral | Education, Educational Psychology | Psychology, Personality | Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies | Black Studies
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Abstract
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The present study examined interpersonal correlates of success in a sample of intellectually gifted African American and Latino students attending a special program for achieving youth. A battery of paper and pencil tests was administered to 12 and 13 year old students and their teachers to determine their standing on measures of psychological defensiveness, private self-consciousness, and perspective-taking. According to our hypotheses, these variables are related to the success variables of higher GPAs and teacher ratings. There were significant findings in the expected negative direction between psychological defensiveness and the success variables. None of the other hypotheses were sustained, but significant relationships were determined between perspective-taking, private self-consciousness and student's self-ratings of scholastic competence. Further, significantly lower defensiveness scores were obtained from the honor and the program completion groups when compared to the program noncompletion group. The findings and their relationship to previous studies and conceptualizations were interpreted utilizing an interpersonal theoretical model with special attention to the work of Harry Stack Sullivan.
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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.
