Adolescent psychic entropy: a response to unacknowledged fears.
The purpose of this study was to explore the feasibility of measuring psychic entropy in adolescents and to note the predictability of two variables--gender and grade. The subjects were 22 male and female junior and senior high school Caucasians in a central Kentucky church youth choir. They were given the 20-item Psychic Entropy Measure for Adolescents, which is a list of 20 negatively presented statements rated on a five-point scale. The five highest scoring items specifically reflect the phenomenon of psychic entropy. The findings suggest that unacknowledged adolescent fears may be developmental. The limited sample demonstrated that a revised instrument of the Psychic Entropy Measure for Adolescents could be an effective instrument in therapy.
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University of Kentucky, Wilmore.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001143:Arousal; D001288:Attention; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010553:Personality Development; D010556:Personality Tests