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The Social Coping Questionnaire: An Examination Of Its Structure With An American Sample Of Gifted Adolescents, Kathleen Moritz Rudasill, Regan Clark Foust, Carolyn M. Callahan
The Social Coping Questionnaire: An Examination Of Its Structure With An American Sample Of Gifted Adolescents, Kathleen Moritz Rudasill, Regan Clark Foust, Carolyn M. Callahan
Department of Educational Psychology: Faculty Publications
Gifted students report that they are often perceived differently than nonidentified students (Cross, Coleman, & Stewart, 1993); thus, they employ social coping strategies to manipulate the visibility of their giftedness. The Social Coping Questionnaire (SCQ; Swiatek, 1995) was designed to assess these strategies. This studys purpose was to examine the SCQ’s factor structure with a sample of 600 younger (grades 5-7) and older (grades 8-11) gifted boys and girls in the US. and determine the tenability of the factor structure across age and gender groups. Participants’ scores were randomly assigned to either exploratory factor analysis (EFA) or confirmatory factor analysis …
Book Review: Social Identity And Its Discontents, David Moshman
Book Review: Social Identity And Its Discontents, David Moshman
Department of Educational Psychology: Faculty Publications
In 1944, a Muslim day laborer named Kader Mia was knifed while looking for work in Dhaka, Bengal, in what later became the geographically separated eastern part of Pakistan, and still later Bangladesh. His assailants were unknown to him except that they were Hindus for whom his Muslim identity was sufficient reason to kill him. Bleeding profusely, he stumbled through a gate into a garden where he asked an eleven-year-old boy for help and water. The boy called his parents and got some water, but Kader Mia later died in the hospital.
Risk And Protective Factors For Children Of Adolescents: Maternal Depression And Parental Sense Of Competence, Lisa Knoche, Jami E. Givens, Susan M. Sheridan
Risk And Protective Factors For Children Of Adolescents: Maternal Depression And Parental Sense Of Competence, Lisa Knoche, Jami E. Givens, Susan M. Sheridan
Department of Educational Psychology: Faculty Publications
We investigated the relationship between depression and parental sense of competence to child cognitive outcomes for a sample of 49 adolescent mothers and their young children (Mean age = 9 1/2 months) enrolled in a student parenting program. Cognitive development of the infants and toddlers was assessed using the Bayley Scales of Infant Development. Maternal depression was assessed with the CES-D and parental competence measured with the Parental Sense of Competence Scale. Results indicated that maternal depression and parental sense of competence alone did not predict children’s cognitive scores; the interaction of the variables significantly predicted children’s outcomes. Mothers reporting …
Us And Them: Identity And Genocide, David Moshman
Us And Them: Identity And Genocide, David Moshman
Department of Educational Psychology: Faculty Publications
Genocide is commonly deemed to be either inexplicable or the result of special hatreds. I argue instead that genocide is an extreme result of normal identity processes. Four overlapping phases are proposed. (1) Dichotomization elevates one dimension of identity over others and, within that dimension, sharply distinguishes two categories: us and them. This may lead to (2) dehumanization, in which “they” come to be seen not just as different from “us” but as outside the human universe of moral obligation. (3) Destruction may result, accompanied and followed by processes of (4) denial that enable the perpetrators to maintain their moral …