A Study to Determine Some Relations Between Changes in Reading Skills and Self-Concepts Accompanying a Remedial Program for Boys with Low Reading Ability and Reasonably Normal Intelligence Page: 61
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sport® and play, (1) *duat me as I am," (m) personality or
character, (a) sooial relationships and attitudes, (o) reli-
gion, (p) independence or self-help, and {%} attitudes
toward the world (39 pp. 135-141).
So®® pape r-and~penci1 attempts to measure personality
are available. Carl Sogers' Test of Personality Adjustment
yields factors of self-concept related to personal
inferiority, sooial inferiority, fsally relationships,
and day dreaming (75). it is appropriate for children
between^ the ages of nine and thirteen; there is a separate
test for boys and for girls, Sdaa Baxter*® Test gf CMld
fftfMftfil attempts to measure feelings of friendliness,
responsiveness, respect, dependability, self-control, fair-
ness, unselfishness, end the like (8). This test may be
administered as either an individual test or a group test
and is geared for children in grades one through eight.
The elementary level of the California Test £f
is designed for children in..grades four through
nine. It "is organised around the concept of lifs adjust*
jsemt as a balance between personal and social adjustment.
Personal adjustment is assumed to be based on feelings of
personal security and social adjustment on feeling® of
social security" (97, p. 3). This test attempts to saeasure
feelings of self-reliance, personal worth, personal free-
dom, belonging, freedom fro® withdrawing tendencies.
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Seay, Lesten Clare. A Study to Determine Some Relations Between Changes in Reading Skills and Self-Concepts Accompanying a Remedial Program for Boys with Low Reading Ability and Reasonably Normal Intelligence, dissertation, August 1960; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc164125/m1/67/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .