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- Publisher
- Commonwealth Fund
- Copyright
- Copyright © 1929 American Psychological Association
- Pages
- 42 –51
- DOI
- 10.1037/14930-006
- Publisher site
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Abstract
If we could have obtained and studied data as to personality, behavior, physical conditions, and social situations for an unselected group of children and compared these data with their educational achievement, as we did In our problem group, we might find differences between such a control group and our problem group. It would be, however, a difficult matter to secure analogous Information for an ordinary group of school children. Certainly It cannot be done through, the routine of a clinic, which usually cannot even offer services adequate for the whole number of problem children who stand in need of assistance. The child guidance clinic, from pressure of work, exists as a practical organization, with research as a secondary purpose. But in the interest of science and the better understanding of problems in childhood adjustment which clinics are constantly called upon to solve. It would be highly desirable If some research workers could undertake an adequate study along these lines. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
Published: Jan 25, 2016
Keywords: methods; personality; behavior; physical conditions; social situations; problem children; child guidance clinic; childhood adjustment; control group; problem group