A comparison of perceptions of self among university students in Ireland and the U.S.: Implications for counselling
The study compared 50 Irish and 50 American graduateand undergraduate psychology and counselling studentson the ways they rated My Real Self and My Ideal Selfon a Semantic Differential using Osgood et al.'s (1957)Semantic Differential Technique. A 2×2×2 MANOVA wasused for the data analysis wher...
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Veröffentlicht in: | International journal for the advancement of counselling 2000-09, Vol.22 (3), p.189 |
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Zusammenfassung: | The study compared 50 Irish and 50 American graduateand undergraduate psychology and counselling studentson the ways they rated My Real Self and My Ideal Selfon a Semantic Differential using Osgood et al.'s (1957)Semantic Differential Technique. A 2×2×2 MANOVA wasused for the data analysis where the status variableswere country, class, and gender, and the dependentvariables were the evaluative and potency scales ofthe Semantic Differential for both My Real Self and MyIdeal Self. It was found that males, as a whole,rated the potency of both My Real Self and My IdealSelf higher than females. Implications forcounselling are discussed.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT] |
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ISSN: | 0165-0653 1573-3246 |
DOI: | 10.1023/A:1005674409920 |