The purpose of the study was to determine the degree to which three levels of self-perceived interpersonal competency in adult females related to the following variables. Correlates examined included age, self-concept, locus of control and experiential factors such as self-reports of employment, family characteristics and competitiveness. / White's (1959) definition of interpersonal competency as the "ability to interact effectively with the environment as the result of one's collective history of interpersonal and social interactions" (p. 307) was used. The review of literature related the social and economic needs of contemporary women to various aspects of socialization, achievement motivation, fear of success, and locus of control. / A sample of 97 adult female clients of eleven Florida women's centers responded to the Rotter Internal/External Control Scale, Tennessee Self Concept Scale, Holland-Baird Interpersonal Competency Scale and a personal history questionnaire developed by the researcher. The sample was divided into three levels of interpersonal competency based on the group mean. Results of a stepwise multiple regression and a discriminant function analysis revealed the variables of personal self, behavior, and father-daughter relationship to be predictors of the high interpersonal competency group; identity, competitiveness, self satisfaction, behavior and work to predict the middle group whereas age and birth order were found to predict the low interpersonal group. / The discriminant function analysis indicated an overall predictive accuracy of 61.8% using six variables. Membership in the low interpersonal competency group was most accurately predicted at 82.6%. Implications for vocational and mental health counseling and for educational programs were discussed. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 42-06, Section: A, page: 2883. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1981.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74514 |
| Contributors | PADDOCK-ELLARD, KARLYN., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 155 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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