Reference Group Theory and Social Maturity,

Abstract

This study, conducted in July 1972 on the Class of 1976, was initiated to explain the possibility that the number of and type of relationships with reference groups are related to resignation from USMA. The results indicate that: (a) social maturity is related to the number of reference groups reported by cadets--the more reported, the more maturity; (b) social maturity is related to the type of experience had with reference groups--the more perceived threat, the less maturity; (c) the number of reference groups and the type of experience perceived interact with one another but in as yet an undetermined fashion; (d) resignations seem to be more a function of the number of reference groups than the indices of social maturity, this observation based on the fact that resignees within categories of cadets established on the basis of the number of and type of experience with reference groups do not have lower California Psychological Inventory subscores than the active cadets. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1973
Accession Number
ADA077776

Entities

People

  • Joseph E. Marron

Organizations

  • United States Military Academy

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  • Human Systems

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  • California
  • Elimination
  • Hypotheses
  • Inventory
  • New York
  • Observation
  • Statistics
  • United States
  • United States Military Academy

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  • Psychology

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