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A J Finch

Publications and source records attributed to A J Finch.

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PubMed1975

Reflection-impulsivity and locus of conflict in emotionally disturbed children.

Forty-four emotionally disturbed children were administered the Matching Familiar Figures Test by one examiner, and the 13 most impulsive and 13 most reflective children were chosen. The teachers of these 26 children were asked to fill out a Locus of Conflict Rating Scale by which each child was designated as either an internalizer or externalizer. Impulsive children were found to be externalizers, while reflective children were internalizers. The implications of these results for the etiology and treatment of maladaptive behaviors of emotionally disturbed children were discussed.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1975

Affective relationship, locus of control, and imitative behavior.

The effects of the affective relationship between the model and the observer and locus of control on imitative behavior were investigated by exposing 28 boys to their most liked peer and least liked peer on a simple imitative task. Locus of control was determined by the Nowicki-Strickland (6) Locus of Control Scale for Children. More imitative responses were exhibited to the most liked peer than to the least liked peer, and a positive correlation between number of imitative responses and internal locus of control was found. Results were interpreted as indicating the need to control the affective relationship between the model and observer and as supporting Bandura (1) in the imitative behavior is primarily under self-reinforcement control.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1975

Cognitive tempo and the mode of representation in emotionally disturbed and normal children.

The relationship between cognitive tempo, MA, and mode of representation as inferred from equivalence groupings was investigated in 60 emotionally disturbed and normal boys and girls. No differences on any of the measures were obtained between the two groups of children or between males and females, so the data were combined for further analysis. A significant negative correlation between MA and both the number of errors on the Matching Familiar Figures Test (MFF) and the proportion of analytic concepts on the equivalence task was found. MFF latency was related to MFF errors only. On the other hand, MFF errors were related inversely to the proportion of both superordinate and functional concepts. Results were discussed in terms of supporting the previous findings of Olver and Hornsby in regard to equivalence and MA. Contrasts between the present findings and those of Kagan, Rosman, Day, Albert, and Phillips were discussed, and the differences in the nature if the array emphasized.

Affective Symptoms↗
PubMed1975

Utility of the Mini-Mult with parents of emotionally disturbed children.

In order to determine the potential usefulness of the Mini-Mult as a screening instrument with parents of emotionally disturbed children, two studies were conducted. In the first study 128 MMPI profiles were rescored for the Mini-Mult and comparisons with MMPI were made. In the second study 50 parents were administered both the MMPI and the Mini-Mult. Results of both studies indicate that the Mini-Mult is not a good screening instrument with parents of emotionally disturbed children.

Adult↗
PubMed1975

The Mini-Mult with criminal psychiatric patients.

In order to determine the usefulness of the Mini-Mult with criminal psychiatric patients, 107 MMPI profiles were rescored for the Mini-Mult and compared with the standard MMPI. Correlations between the two test forms were high but eight of the eleven means of the scales on the Mini-Mult were significantly different from the MMPI. A modest correspondence between indexes of psychopathology and scale peaks was found. Results were interpreted as indicating that the use of the Mini-Mult is not justified with this population.

Adult↗