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Personality Development In Farm, Small-Town, And City Children, Leland H. Stott Aug 1939

Personality Development In Farm, Small-Town, And City Children, Leland H. Stott

Historical Research Bulletins of the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station

One purpose of the present research project was to contribute further toward an adequate knowledge of the relative merits of urban and rural environments. In this bulletin the three general home settings already mentioned, namely the farm in the open country, the small town (600 to 1,300 in population), and the city, are compared as to their "favorableness" in regard to the personality development of the children who grow up in them. The data for the comparisons are the average scores made by representative samples of young people from each environment on a set of tests and scales designed to …


The Relation Of Certain Factors In Farm Family Life To Personality Development In Adolescents, Leland H. Stott Oct 1938

The Relation Of Certain Factors In Farm Family Life To Personality Development In Adolescents, Leland H. Stott

Historical Research Bulletins of the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station

Although "the family" has been much written about, and studied from many points of view in the past, relatively little attention has been given by investigators to the problem of determining the factors which make for successful family life. The need for information of this sort is obvious, and in recent years a few studies have been made from this point of view. The present study was undertaken for the purpose of gathering further information about "normal" families and some of the home-environmental factors which are thought to contribute to, or hinder, the achievement of successful family life.