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An investigation was made of the relationship between personal
factors of selected urban geriatric populations in Dade and Broward
Counties, Florida and t he self concepts of the subjects as measured
by scores on the Tennessee Self Concept Scale. Subjects under study
were one hundred fifty-nine men and women volunteers over the age of
sixty who were participants at the eight Senior Centers of Dade
County, Ida Fisher Junior High's Community School, or Broward
Community College's Services for the Elderly Program.
The instrument used to obtain the personal factors information
(senior center, birthplace, ethnic group, sex, marital status, age,
religious preferernce, number of children, income, former occupation,
education) was a questionnaire devised by the investigator consisting
of nineteen questions. The self concept assessments were obtained by
using the Tennessee Self Concept Scale. The self concept scores which
were used in this study were Total Positive, Self Criticism, Physical
Self, Moral-Ethical Self, Personal Self, Family Self, and Social Self.
The responses on the Tennessee Self Concept Scale and questionnaire
were compared using a univariate analysis of variance for each
personal factor as compared with each of the seven scores on the
Tennessee Self Concept Scale for each subject. The results of this
comparison were in terms of an F-test of analysis of variance, and the
results were considered significant if they exceeded the .05 level.
Additionally, data were graphed by senior center.
Of the eleven personal factors which were investigated, six bore
some significant relationship (at the .05 level) to one or more self
concept scores of the subjects under investigation. These factors were
senior center, sex, birthplace, educational level, ethnic group, and
religious preference.
When the data were graphed by senior center, it was found that
Claude Pepper, Edison Courts, James Scott, Metropolitan, Smathers, and
Ida Fisher senior centers had a similar Tennessee Self Concept Scale
profile and similarities in the personal factors of birthplace, ethnic
group, sex, marital status, religious preference, number of children,
income, and education. Myers, Jollivette, and Malcolm Ross Senior
Centers had similar Tennessee Self Concept Scale profiles and similarities
in the personal factors of sex, marital status, number of
children, income, and education. Broward Community College's Services
for the Elderly Center had a unique profile and was exceptional in
that its attendants had been professionals and had attended graduate
school.
factors of selected urban geriatric populations in Dade and Broward
Counties, Florida and t he self concepts of the subjects as measured
by scores on the Tennessee Self Concept Scale. Subjects under study
were one hundred fifty-nine men and women volunteers over the age of
sixty who were participants at the eight Senior Centers of Dade
County, Ida Fisher Junior High's Community School, or Broward
Community College's Services for the Elderly Program.
The instrument used to obtain the personal factors information
(senior center, birthplace, ethnic group, sex, marital status, age,
religious preferernce, number of children, income, former occupation,
education) was a questionnaire devised by the investigator consisting
of nineteen questions. The self concept assessments were obtained by
using the Tennessee Self Concept Scale. The self concept scores which
were used in this study were Total Positive, Self Criticism, Physical
Self, Moral-Ethical Self, Personal Self, Family Self, and Social Self.
The responses on the Tennessee Self Concept Scale and questionnaire
were compared using a univariate analysis of variance for each
personal factor as compared with each of the seven scores on the
Tennessee Self Concept Scale for each subject. The results of this
comparison were in terms of an F-test of analysis of variance, and the
results were considered significant if they exceeded the .05 level.
Additionally, data were graphed by senior center.
Of the eleven personal factors which were investigated, six bore
some significant relationship (at the .05 level) to one or more self
concept scores of the subjects under investigation. These factors were
senior center, sex, birthplace, educational level, ethnic group, and
religious preference.
When the data were graphed by senior center, it was found that
Claude Pepper, Edison Courts, James Scott, Metropolitan, Smathers, and
Ida Fisher senior centers had a similar Tennessee Self Concept Scale
profile and similarities in the personal factors of birthplace, ethnic
group, sex, marital status, religious preference, number of children,
income, and education. Myers, Jollivette, and Malcolm Ross Senior
Centers had similar Tennessee Self Concept Scale profiles and similarities
in the personal factors of sex, marital status, number of
children, income, and education. Broward Community College's Services
for the Elderly Center had a unique profile and was exceptional in
that its attendants had been professionals and had attended graduate
school.
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