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title: Individual Differences in Children and Adolescents
author: Saklofske, Donald H.
publisher: Transaction Publishing
isbn10 | asin: 1560009810
print isbn13: 9781560009818
ebook isbn13: 9780585356136
language: English
subject Individual differences in children, Individual differences in
adolescence.
publication date: 1998
lcc: BF723.I56I53 1998eb
ddc: 155.4/182
subject: Individual differences in children, Individual differences in
adolescence.
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Cognitive Abilities in Japanese Children
S. Iwawaki 119
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Individual Differences in Children and Adolescents
Donald H. Saklofske
Sybil B. G. Eysenck
Editors
With a new introduction by the editors
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New material this edition copyright © 1998 by Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903. Originally published
in 1988 by Hodder and Stoughton.
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this book may be reproduced or
transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage
and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. All inquiries should be addressed to Transaction
Publishers, RutgersThe State University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903.
This book is printed on acid-free paper that meets the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library
Materials.
Library of Congress Catalog Number: 97-4510
ISBN: 1-56000-981-0
Printed in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Individual differences in children and adolescents / edited by Donald H. Saklofske
and Sybil B.G. Eysenck ; with a new introduction by the editors.
p. cm.
Originally published: London : Hodder and Stoughton, 1988.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 1-56000-981-0 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Individual differences in children. 2. Individual differences in adolescence.
I. Saklofske, Donald H. II. Eysenck, Sybil B. G. (Sybil Bianca Giuletta)
BF723.I56I53 1997
155.4'182dc21 97-4510
CIP
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This book is dedicated to:
My parents, Harold and Fran,
and the memory of Denny DHS
My husband, Hans SBGE
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Cognitive Abilities in Japanese Children
S. Iwawaki 119
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Contents
Introduction to the Transaction Edition ix
Contributors xi
Foreword
H.J. Eysenck xiii
Editors' Preface xv
Australia
1
Thinking, Planning and Personality
P. De Lacey, D. Hunt & Bikkar S. Randhawa 1
Canada
2
Individual Differences from the Perspective of Computer-Guided
Psycho-Educational Diagnosis
J. McLeod 10
Finland
3
A Two-Dimensional Model as a Framework for Interindividual
Differences in Social Behaviour
Lea Pulkkinen 27
Germany
4
Personality Correlates of Delinquent Behaviour in Juveniles and
Adolescents: Evidence from German Studies
I. Daum & E. Reitz 38
5
The Negative Function of Nonverbal Communication in Anorexic
Families: A Family Experiment
F.-J. Hehl, E. Eisenriegler, R. Jokiel & S. Channon 50
Greece
6
Research on Individual Differences in Children and Adolescents: A
Greek Perspective
E.C. Dimitriou 63
Hungary
7
Motivational and Personality Structures in Education Individual
Differences in Hungarian School-Aged Children
B. Kozéki 75
8
Some Psychological Characteristics of Institutionalized Delinquent
Teenage Boys in Hungary
K. Sipos, L. Bujdos, I. Bangó, M. Zakar & M. Sipos 86
Israel
9
Introversion-Extraversion Perspectives in the Subgrouping of Conduct
Disorders in Israel
M. Margalit 99
Italy
10
The Fears of Italian Children and Adolescents
E. Sanavio 108
Japan
11
Cognitive Abilities in Japanese Children
S. Iwawaki 119
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Korea
12
The Present Status of Juvenile Delinquency Problems in Korea
H.S. Lee 127
Lithuania
13
Sex Differences in Psychosocial Adjustment among Lithuanian
Schoolchildren
A. Gostautas *, A. Pakula & L. Grineviciene* 143
New Zealand
14
Reading Disability, Behaviour Problems and Juvenile Delinquency
R. McGee, D. Share, T.E. Moffitt, S. Williams & P.A. Silva 158
Puerto Rico
15
Child Psychology and Juvenile Delinquency in Puerto Rican Society
J.L. Porrata 173
Romania
16
Some Psychological Features of Children and Youth in Romania
A. Bäban, P. Derevenco & A. Coasan* 182
Singapore
17
Individual Differences and Youth Groups in Singapore
F.Y. Long & J.M. Elliott 195
Spain
18
Studies of the Lie Scale with Spanish Adolescents
N. Seisdedos 209
Sri Lanka
19
A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Personality with Special Reference to
Sri Lanka
K.M.H. Perera 228
Uganda
20
Levels of Delinquency in Three Cultures
J.A. Opolot 240
United Kingdom
21
The Competence to Be a Child Witness: An Individual Differences
Perspective
K.K. Singh 254
USA
22
Understanding IQ Differences between Groups: Deaf Children as a
Natural Experiment in the Nature-Nurture Debate
J.P. Braden 265
23
Extraversion/Introversion and Reward/Punishment
C.V. Collard 278
24
Personality and Health in Children and Adolescents
R.N. Jamison & J.J. Vasterling 291
25
Black-White Differences in American Children's Patterns of
Information Processing Independent of Overall Ability Differences
C.R. Reynolds, V.L. Willson & J.A. Hickman 303
USSR
26
Cross-Cultural Perspectives in the Assessment of Individual
Differences: Methodological and Conceptual Issues
Y.L. Hanin 313
Yugoslavia
27
Personality Correlates of Faking Personality Tests: A Cross-Cultural
Perspective
P. Sipka* 321
Index 339
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