Biomedical subjects

N F Kafer

Publications and source records attributed to N F Kafer.

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PubMed1994

Self-discrepancies and perceived peer acceptance.

We examined developmental changes in the self and the relationship between such changes and perceived peer acceptance in a sample of 414 6- to 11-year-old Australian children (211 boys, 203 girls) who completed a self-discrepancy scale and a perceived peer acceptance scale specifically constructed for this study. Resulting scores suggested that critical periods in developmental changes in the structure of the self occur at about 7 to 8 years and that a relationship exists between the reporting of a comparative large number and a larger size of discrepancies and a perception of lack of peer acceptance.

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PubMed1994

Private self-consciousness and fear of negative evaluation.

We examined the loci of social anxiety in a sample of 385 Australian adult subjects (186 men and 199 women, mean age 30.63 years). Responses to the Social Avoidance and Distress Scale, the Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale (Watson & Friend, 1969), and the Public and Private Self-Consciousness Scale (Fenigstein, Scheier, & Buss, 1975) were intercorrelated. The results suggested that for some socially anxious people who are privately shy, the locus of their anxiety is cognitive, whereas for others who are more concerned with performance, the locus is behavioral.

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PubMed1984

Vulnerability of self and interpersonal strategies: a study of the aged.

Twenty-five retired adults living in their own homes (mean age = 71.4), 25 in self-contained independent units within the grounds of established retirement villages (mean age = 76.8), and 25 in hostel accommodations within retirement villages (mean age = 79.8) were interviewed and assessed on levels of fear and aggression, degree of interpersonal activity, and degree of disengagement from social role activities (N = 75, 21 males and 54 females). The results suggest than an expectation of failure in social situations was related to the adoption of an avoidant type of interpersonal strategy that was reflected in the reduction of the aged person's social role activities nd choice of residence.

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