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N Colangelo

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PubMed1994

Perceived parental social support and academic achievement: an attachment theory perspective.

The study tested the extent to which parental social support predicted college grade point average among undergraduate students. A sample of 418 undergraduates completed the Social Provisions Scale--Parent Form (C.E. Cutrona, 1989) and measures of family conflict and achievement orientation. American College Testing Assessment Program college entrance exam scores (ACT; American College Testing Program, 1986) and grade point average were obtained from the university registrar. Parental social support, especially reassurance of worth, predicted college grade point average when controlling for academic aptitude (ACT scores), family achievement orientation, and family conflict. Support from parents, but not from friends or romantic partners, significantly predicted grade point average. Results are interpreted in the context of adult attachment theory.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1993

Mechanical inventiveness: a three-phase study.

This paper focuses on mechanical inventiveness, the conception and development of new devices which require use of mechanical principles. In Phase 1 of the three-phase investigation, we studied 34 inventors who received between three and 82 agricultural and industrial patents. These inventors formed the original criterion group of mechanical inventors. Phase 2 of the investigation was the development of an inventiveness measure. From the criterion group of adult mechanical inventors, the Iowa Inventiveness Inventory (III) was developed to measure attitudes and characteristics of inventors. Subjects for Phase 3 of the study were 90 young inventors (40 males, 50 females), students (grades five to eight) who won local and regional invention contests and reached the state convention of Invent Iowa. In Phase 3, Invent Iowa state finalists in grades five to eight (n = 90) were administered the III and the Mechanical Reasoning test of the Differential Aptitude Tests. Characteristics of the young inventors, as delineated by these assessments, are provided.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1991

Priority setting in family change and clinical practice: the Family FIRO Model.

We update a theoretical framework for understanding priority setting for the management of family change, with special emphasis on developmental change. We propose that three core dimensions of family interaction--inclusion, control, and intimacy--constitute an optimal priority sequence for managing major family change stemming from life-cycle transitions and other stressful experiences. In the next section of the article, we compare the Family FIRO Model and other models of family change. Finally, we suggest that therapists can benefit from an explicit, clinical decision-making model for setting priorities in treatment: issues of inclusion take precedence over issues of control, which in turn take precedence over issues of intimacy.

Clinical Protocols↗