Analysis and Comparison of a Developmental Task Scale on Differing Adolescent Populations

• Main Author: Barton, John W.
• Other Authors: Gabet, Yvonne H.
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: North Texas State University 1976
• Subjects: age-mates scales; Adolescent psychology.; Scaling (Social sciences); Attitude (Psychology) > Testing.; developmental task scales; adolescent populations
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc504030/

The following research questions were investigated: (a) Can the age-mates scales from the Dales developmental task scales be used with southwestern-urban adolescent populations? (b) Are there any systematic differences between northeastern-nonurban and southwestern-urban subject populations on the response to these scales? The subjects consisted of 884 adolescents, 11 through 15 years, evenly divided by sex. Subject responses were analyzed by sex and age groups using Guttman scalogram analysis. Goodman's test of significance revealed that the results could have occurred by chance (p > .05). The instrument in its present form was not found useful'-for an urban population. Lack of reproducibility made comparison of the performance of urban and nonurban adolescents unjustified.