Adolescent self perception and report of life problems /
The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the numbers and types of problems that adolescents self disclose through survey format. The study also was designed to explore and describe participant characteristics related to willingness or unwillingness to join school based support groups de...
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the numbers and types of problems that adolescents self disclose through survey format. The study also was designed to explore and describe participant characteristics related to willingness or unwillingness to join school based support groups designed to aid them with their identified problems. Furthermore, the study was to describe any differences noted in these areas that were found to be associated with the variables of gender and race. The instrument used for the survey was the K.A.R.E. Needs Assessment, a checklist format instrument that provides a list of 22 available ''problems.'' The questionnaire contains items that could be considered "life events'' and items that could be considered "daily hassles.'' Additionally, the questionnaire provided a simple means by which the subjects could generate their own items. The participants for this study were 1347 ninth-grade students from a single grade southwestern secondary school campus. The subjects ranged in age from 14 to 16 years. The school's racial composition was approximately 24% African-American, 27% Hispanic, and 49% Caucasian. The results of the study indicate that the most frequently expressed problems among adolescents, are also those problems which the adolescents consider to be most stressful. Further, of the problems that are reported most frequently and considered most stressful, those of greatest concern for adolescents are items that fall under the descriptor "worry/hassle.'' This trend was highly consistent across samples, gender, and race. Items considered to be "traumatic'' were most often among the least endorsed problems. Problems of adolescents seem to dicer only slightly by gender. The differences in the most frequently endorsed problems are generally only rearrangements of the same items within the top five to seven response places. The impact of race is similar to that of gender. Between races, endorsed problems shim slightly in rank among the top five positions, but the items remain virtually the same. Lastly, both race and gender are associated with varying levels of willingness to request or accept help with problems. The results of the study are discussed along with their relevance to school based interventions. |
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| Item Description: | Vita. "Major Subject: School Psychology". |
| Physical Description: | xi, 160 leaves ; 28 cm. Issued also on microfiche from University Microfilm Inc. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 112-118). |