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- Publisher
- Commonwealth Fund
- Copyright
- Copyright © 1929 American Psychological Association
- Pages
- 56 –61
- DOI
- 10.1037/14930-008
- Publisher site
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Abstract
Before we consider the general conclusions to which our study leads us, it is of interest to review briefly the results of other investigations in this or allied fields. Two methods have been used in these investigations: individual case study with generalizations drawn therefrom, and statistical treatment of data. The statements made on the basis of the first method are In general consistent In their agreement as to a significant relationship between personality and behavior deviations and poor scholastic standing. A few brief references will serve to indicate the literature which presents the case study point of view. Dr. Esther Loring Richards, in a paper reporting a study of forty-six maladapted children in a Baltimore school, states: "The academic troubles of the remaining nineteen" (not mentally deficient) "were associated with. If not the disguised expression of, such faulty psychobiological reactions as shyness, laziness. Inattention, and vicious tendencies, sensitiveness to criticism, day-dreaming, hypochondriacal fears... In the majority of cases... the unhealthy habits of adaptation began in the home, and were carried into and through school life, handicapping the efforts of the teacher... and the commonest result of this handicapping was the repetition of grades. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
Published: Jan 25, 2016
Keywords: investigations; methods; statistical treatment; personality deviations; behavior deviations; poor scholastic standing; maladapted children; adaptation; handicapping