Browsing by Author "Hall, Hyacinth D."

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    An investigation of the incidence and some of the correlates of social maladjustment among a sample of Jamaican schoolchildren
    (1981) Hall, Hyacinth D.;
    This study sought to identify, from a number of personality, environmental, and cognitive variables, the ones that would be the most important correlates of social maladjustment, measured multi-dimensionally by Stott's Bristol Adjustment Guides (BSAG). Data were collected from 375 Grade 9 students in urban all-age schools in Jamaica. Each dimension of the BSAG was analysed by two multivariate methods for the total sample as well as male and female sub-groups. The findings that were consistent across methods for each of these groups were considered to be the salient ones. Only a few of the environmental variables and one personality variable had sufficient impact to enable them to emerge as having a relationship with social maladjustment. The most sensitive environmental indicators were those variables characteristic of the teacher, with the two dominant teacher characteristics being "Teacher Educational Background" for the boys and "Length of Teaching Experience" for the girls
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    Some correlates of academic performance and social competence in a selected group of fifth form students in secondary (grammar) schools
    (1977) Hall, Hyacinth D.;
    This study sought to identify--from the students' measured ability and their perceptions of their home and classroom environment--the most important correlates of academic performance and social competence. It also attempted to identify whether social competence was itself a correlate of academic performance. Data were collected from a select sample of 413 students in the fifth forms of three secondary schools of Kingston and St. Andrew. Results of the data analysis revealed that the correlates of academic performance were Measured Ability, Teacher Non-Punitiveness, Parental Occupation, Parental Support and Encouragement, and Intellectuality of the Home. The correlates of social competence were: Teacher Support, Teacher Work Organization, Student Involvement, Parental Support and Encouragement, Parental Interest in School, Intellectuality of the Home, and Measured Ability. Some relationship was found between social competence and academic achievement