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Item Adolescent fears: Some Caribbean findings(Jun. 1988) Payne, Monica Anne;A total of 657 adolescents (12-15 years) in Barbados provided responses to the question, "Is there anything you are really scared or afraid of?" Most frequently named fears were of three main types: 1) fear of injury or death of self or loved ones, 2) sexual concerns, and 3) fears associated with school failure. Certain other fears reflect local geographical and cultural conditions. The influence of the media was also evident. Data highlight the need for improved sex and family life educationItem Barbadian adolescents' knowledge of, and attitudes toward, drugs: An exploratory study(Sep-Oct., 1986) Payne, Monica Anne;A questionnaire examining drug attitudes and use was completed by 414 Barbadian secondary school students. Self-reports indicated approximately 70 percent had tried alcohol; 30 percent had smoked tobacco; and 9 percent had tried marijuana. Only one had used heroin and none had tried cocaine. The great majority of students thought it important to be well informed about drugs, and that their government was not doing enough to provide the necessary education or to halt the cultivation and importation of illegal substances. Findings are discussed with reference to public and media concern about drug abuse in the CaribbeanItem Barbadian adolescents' views of the ""ideal"" family(Oct. 1990) Payne, Monica Anne;An instrument examining the perceptions of "ideal" family functioning was administered to 536 adolescents aged 12-18 years. Analysis indicated fairly extensive differences between the views of male and female students, somewhat fewer differences in age and type of school attended, and very few differences associated with household composition and religious affiliationItem Barbadian children's understanding of mental retardation(1985) Payne, Monica Anne;Barbadian children's understanding of the nature and causes of mental retardation, and of the characteristics of mentally retarded children, was investigated using a questionnaire previously employed in the United States by Siperstein and Bak (1980). Subjects were 199 10- to 11-year-olds from four primary schools in Barbados. Results indicated that many Barbadian children, like their American counterparts, confused retardation with orthopedic disabilities and, to a lesser extent, mental illness. A higher proportion of Barbadian children than of American children thought mental retardation was caused by post-natal factors such as childhood accidents, illnesses, parental maltreatment, and drug taking. Equal proportions of boys and girls mentioned causes associated with the pregnant mother, although girls identified a greater variety of such factors. Students generally demonstrated a fairly high degree of empathy with the needs and feelings of mentally retarded peers, and recent public awareness campaigns appear to have had a definite impact upon resultsItem Behaviour problems of Barbadian children in father-present and father-absent homes: Teacher and parent ratings(Sep. 1987) Payne, Monica Anne;A total of 101 Barbadian adolescents were rated by teachers on the Revised Behaviour Problem Checklist; 84 were also rated by parents. Students attending one of the prestigious secondary schools were rated as having fewer problems than peers at other types of schools. There were few significant sex differences. Father presence/absence appeared to have no systematic influence on boys' behaviour; father-absent girls received higher scores than father-present girls from parents, but significantly lower scores from teachers. Discussion of findings refers to previous extra-regional research and to particular features of Caribbean societyItem Causal attributions for unemployment in Barbados(1990) Payne, Monica Anne;In this study, 468 people (aged 16-40 yrs) from Barbados rated the importance of various explanations for unemployment in their country. The 20 explanations provided showed a clear structure. The six factors that emerged from them were: 1) lack of effort on the part of the unemployed, 2) lack of ability, 3) failure of trade unions, 4) effects of government policy, 5) regional and worldwide changes, and 6) poor industrial management. Endorsement of these explanations was related to sex, age, and education, but was not related clearly to employment statusItem Dimensions of occupational stress in West Indian secondary school teachers(1987) Payne, Monica Anne;This study reports on data from 444 secondary school teachers in Barbados using a 36-item self-report instrument. Individual item means indicated that difficulties associated with classroom instructional and management demands were perceived by the majority of teachers to be the most stressful aspects of their work. On the other hand, factor analysis and ANOVA computations revealed that problems associated with time management most clearly differentiated between teachers when compared on the basis of sex, qualifications, and years of experience. Findings are discussed generally with reference to the existing international literature, and more specifically in terms of living and working conditions in the West IndiesItem Discipline and punishment in Barbadian secondary schools - The students' perspective(Faculty of Education, UWI, May 1988) Payne, Monica Anne;This study was an exploratory investigation of secondary school students' views on the use of punishment in their schools, and their ideas for improving school discipline. It was restricted to coeducational schools in the public sector. Data were collected through the use of a questionnaire, which was administered to 1,067 students from 38 classes in 15 of the 18 public coeducational secondary schools in Barbados. The findings are presented and discussedItem Eastern Caribbean teacher trainees' knowledge of mentally retarded children and opinions regarding their education(Sep. 1985) Payne, Monica Anne;Knowledge of mental retardation and opinions regarding mainstreaming were investigated using trainees at an Eastern Caribbean teachers' college. Relatively limited knowledge about retardation was expressed and trainees were generally in favour of segregated education for all mentally retarded children. Although mainstreaming was thought by many to enhance the mentally retarded child's acceptance by non-retarded peers, it was considered academically disadvantageous for all students. The question of whether these data should be considered indicative of "negative" attitudes towards the retarded is discussed, with reference to recent extra-regional research and to conditions in the Eastern CaribbeanItem Effects of parental presence/absence on the size of children's human figure drawings(Jun. 1990) Payne, Monica Anne;This study examined the effects of parental presence or absence in the home on the size of male and female human figure drawings by 480 children (aged 7 years to 13 years 11 months) in Barbados. Most children of both sexes drew larger female than male figures, but significant effects relating to mother absence and father absence were found for boys and girls, respectivelyItem Factorial structure of the pupil control ideology scale: A West Indian perspective(1988) Payne, Monica Anne;Item Helping Caribbean teacher trainees to understand their studentsPayne, Monica Anne;Item Major determinants of teachers' and students' approval or disapproval of coeducational secondary schooling(1990) Payne, Monica Anne;This report provides details of a factor-analytic examination of the dimensions underlying teachers' and students' evaluations of co-education in Barbados. A total of 1,186 students (571 boys and 615 girls) participated, comprising one second form and one fourth form from each of the 21 state schools. Twelve teachers at each school, selected from a range of seniority levels and curriculum areas, were invited to participate, and a total of 246 responses (109 males, 137 females) was obtained. The findings suggest that the educational outcomes achieved with the change from single-sex to co-educational schooling at the secondary level will be significantly influenced by the manner in which change is initiated, and the extent to which adequate provision is made for both material resources and professional trainingItem Occupational interests of Barbadian adolescents(Sept. 1991) Payne, Monica Anne;Item Occupational sex-stereotyping in Barbados: Adolescents' personal job preference and perceptions of occupational competence(Women and Development Studies Group, 1988) Payne, Monica Anne;Item Personality type and occupational preference: Testing Holland's theory in the Caribbean(1985) Payne, Monica Anne;This study tested J. L. Holland's theory of career choice, which predicts a relationship between personality type and occupational preference and satisfaction, in Dominica. Data were collected from 101 14- to 16-year-olds in their final year of schooling completed the Self-Directed Search: A Guide to Educational and Vocational Planning and the Vocational Preference Inventory. Findings suggest that students could be reliably classified according to Holland's six personality types, but the close relationship observed between the social and realistic categories contradicted theoretical predictions. Implications of the use of North American vocational aptitude and interest instruments in Caribbean guidance and counselling programmes are discussedItem Sex role ideology in the Caribbean: Teachers' views in Barbados and St. Lucia(1991) Payne, Monica Anne;In this study, 120 male and 131 female teachers in Barbados and St. Lucia completed the Sex-Role Ideology Scale. As predicted, females were more feminist in their views than males, and Barbadians more feminist than St. Lucians. The great majority of teachers, nevertheless, expressed fairly traditional ideologies, although views concerning occupational equality were more liberal than those relating to other areas of adult male-female relationships. However, factor analytic examination indicated that responses to some items on the scale had been influenced by financial and other considerations as well as, or instead of, sex role beliefs per seItem Still preparing children for the 11+: Perceptions of parental behaviour in Barbados(1986) Payne, Monica Anne;This paper examined 200 Barbadian parents and 100 teachers' perceptions of restrictive and coercive strategies for students taking the Common Entrance Examination (CEE). Generally, parents were significantly less likely than teachers to view the strategies as undesirable and/or counter-productive. Implications for parents as potential educational reform pressure groups are discussedItem Television viewing habits of Barbadian adolescents: A preliminary study(Sep. 1991) Payne, Monica Anne;There is much debate in the Caribbean concerning the content of television programming and its influence on young people, yet there is little empirical data available indicating either the amount of television watched by children and adolescents, or their views about what they watch. This study was conducted in Barbados to provide evidence of this kind. A total of 911 secondary school students aged 11 to 16 years kept records of their TV/video viewing activities over a one-week period. With reference to the variables of sex, age, and type of school attended, some significant differences were found in respect of total number of viewing hours, late night viewing habits, reported viewing of videos, and most enjoyed programmes. Recommendations are made for further researchItem The pupil control ideology of elementary and secondary school teachers: Some Caribbean findings(1988) Payne, Monica Anne;