Field Independence–Dependence and Self-Esteem in Preadolescents: Does Gender Make a Difference? |
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Authors: | Bosacki Sandra Innerd Wilfred Towson Shelagh |
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Institution: | (1) Teaching and Learning Department at the Ontario Institute for Studies, Education/University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada;(2) Faculty of Education, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada;(3) Pscyhology Deparment, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada |
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Abstract: | This study investigated the relationship between field independence–dependence (FD) and self-esteem in preadolescent girls and boys. Sixty-three Grade 6 students (33 girls, 30 boys) completed the Group Embedded Figures Test H. Witkin, P. Oltman, E. Raskin, and S. Karp (1971). A Manual for the Embedded Figures Test, consulting Psychologists Press, Palo Alto, CA] and the Self-Esteem Inventory S. Coopersmith, (1967)]. The Antecedents of Self-Esteem, W. H. Freeman, San Francisco, CA]. Results indicated that, contrary to prediction, girls did not have lower self-esteem than boys. The hypothesis that field independence and self-esteem correlated negatively for girls and positively for boys was confirmed. The implications of these findings for educational practice and future research are discussed. |
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