title: The incongruous achiever in adolescence.
abstract: The authors wished to study some of the internal psychological dynamics of achievement in a nonpatient identified high school population. Questionnaires were administered to the Grade 13 students and their parents in a large high school. A number of students whose achievement and educational plans were not congruous with their general background were selected for interview. The findings suggest that a wide variety of ages and developmental stages can be discerned as critical points in the development of a student's attitude toward higher education. These students have many values in common, and their values appear related to a positive or negative identification with parental values. The students themselves show a wide range of personality integration. They relate in a special way to a wide variety of teachers' personalities.
authors.affiliation: Sunnybrook Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Kline
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Golombek