title: An empirical test of Rogers' original and revised theory of correlates in adolescents.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine Rogers' original and revised theory of correlates in adolescents. The correlates were measured by Perceived Field Motion, Human Field Rhythms, Creativity, Sentience, Fast Tempo, and Waking Periods. The original theory was tested with data obtained from samples of early (n = 116), middle (n = 116), and late (n = 116) adolescents. The revised theory was tested in a fourth selectively combined sample of adolescents, aged 12 to 21 (n = 89). Data were collected in classroom settings. Although the findings did not support either theory, they did indicate that: (1) four of the six correlates studied performed as correlates when examined in three discrete phases of adolescence, as determined by chronological age, (2) the means of the individual correlates increased slightly in frequency levels developmentally, and (3) the correlates emerged at different frequency levels when examined in adolescents, aged 12 to 21.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, Newark 07102.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yarcheski
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Mahon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006803:Human Development; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009742:Nursing Theory; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012659:Semantic Differential