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B G Stacey

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PubMed1989

The perception of poverty and wealth among teenage university students.

This study is concerned with the perception of poverty and wealth among teenage university students. Two hundred twenty students completed a questionnaire which probed their perceptions of the attributions and consequences of poverty and wealth, requested them to estimate the job prospects of a school leaver with and without a certificate qualification, and also requested that they estimate the income for both a specified "poor" and "rich" man. The students also provided information about their economic preferences, religious position, and family financial position. Results indicate that the sample emphasized the significance of the family and placed little weight on luck when dealing with poverty and wealth. The sample emphasized the economic consequences of poverty and wealth, and did not rate their psychological consequences as being of much importance. Certain groups within the sample showed some deviations in their perceptions. The most substantial group differences were between the capitalist-religious and socialist-religious groups.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1986

Causal attributions, perceived consequences of unemployment, and perceptions of employment prospects among adolescents in New Zealand.

The present study investigated the causal attributions and perceived consequences of unemployment, as well as perceptions of employment prospects, among high school students in New Zealand. A sample of Form 4 (Grade 9) boys (M age 14.3 years) and girls (14.4 years) and a sample of Form 6 and 7 (Grades 11 and 12) boys (16.9 years) and girls (16.6 years) were tested. No sex or age differences were found in students' causal attributions about unemployment. Societal factors were judged as the most important cause for unemployment. Luck was considered the least important reason. Form 4 students placed a greater emphasis on economic consequences, whereas Form 6 and 7 students regarded social consequences as more important. The consistency in the present findings and those from studies in other countries suggests that cross-cultural similarities do exist in adolescents' perceptions of unemployment.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1985

The perception of poverty and wealth among teenagers.

This study is concerned with the perception of poverty and wealth among high-school teenagers. Over 300 teenagers completed a questionnaire which probed their perceptions of the attributions and consequences of poverty and wealth, and requested them to estimate the income for both a specified "poor" and "rich" man. The results indicate that all groups in this sample emphasized the significance of the family and downplayed the significance of luck when dealing with poverty and wealth. Further, the groups emphasized the economic consequences of poverty and wealth and they did not rate their psychological consequences as being of much importance. The results are discussed in terms of the small literature relevant to this topic.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1982

Attitudes, age and sex as correlates and predictors of alcohol consumption among 14- to 17-year-olds in New Zealand.

Data from a national, representative sample of 1278 New Zealand 14- to 17-year-olds are analysed to explore the relationships between estimated alcohol consumption, age, sex, and attitudes to alcohol and its role in society. Relations between these variables are examined by regression and canonical correlation procedures. They are shown both to differ between the sexes and to be complex. Just over 10% of the variance associated with alcohol consumption proved to be predictable from a linear combination of age, sex, and attitude variables. The attitude component displaying the strongest linkage with consumption reflected a concern with alcohol and alcohol-related problems.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1982

Drink-driving research in New Zealand.

Drink-driving research in New Zealand is briefly analyzed with reference to traffic accidents. Claims about drinking, driving, and accidents which have currency in New Zealand at present are appraised. It is shown that many factors are involved in traffic accidents, and the problems in their causation are highly complex. Alcohol is only one of many factors present in accidents. It is involved in less than half of all injury-producing accidents. Much of its involvement in traffic accidents is of a spurious rather than a causal nature. et the focus of countermeasures against traffic accidents is drinking and driving. These countermeasures are ineffective.

Accidents, Traffic↗
PubMed1981

The classification of patients into diagnostic groups using cluster analysis.

The use of cluster analysis for the classification of patients into diagnostic groups remains controversial. Further evidence is provided for assessing the use of cluster analysis in comparison with other multivariate methods. It is suggested that, when appropriately used, cluster analysis is a convenient tool for developing empirically based diagnostic groupings and that the frequently stated limitations of the technique should not invalidate the obtained groupings in such cases.

Diagnosis, Differential↗