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Dissertation
Characteristics of developmental immaturity: a cross-disciplinary survey of psychologists
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Drexel University
Aug 2010
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/etd-3490
Abstract
A critical step towards ensuring a consistent, multidisciplinary approach to the construct developmental immaturity is to obtain a unified representation across disciplines of psychology of the items that represent this construct. A search of the literature revealed characteristics from several research areas including cognitive abilities, decision-making, social skills, behavior, emotional regulation, and self-actualization associated with development during adolescence. The current study examines the factor structure of developmental immaturity in a sample of 553 psychologists from the national membership of the American Psychological Association. Participants completed an on-line, anonymous survey and rated the importance of 53 items related to developmental immaturity. The results from an exploratory factor analysis supported a four-factor solution of developmental immaturity: independent functioning, decision-making, emotion regulation, and general cognitive processing. Generally, psychologists across discipline subspecialties were not significantly different in rating items across the four factors. Findings contribute to a cross-disciplinary, comprehensive operational definition of developmental immaturity and represent the first attempt to identify the set of characteristics that encompass this complex construct.
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- Title
- Characteristics of developmental immaturity
- Creators
- Kathleen A. Kemp - DU
- Contributors
- Naomi E. Goldstein (Advisor) - Drexel University (1970-)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology); College of Arts and Sciences; Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 3490; 991014632150904721