John Beer

Biographic Data

ID3701824
NAMEJohn Beer
GIVEN NAMESJohn
FAMILY NAMEBeer
SIGNATUREBEER J
AFFILIATIONSNorth Central Kansas Special Education Coop, Phillipsburg, Kansas
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS37
TOTAL CITATIONS2
AUTHOR COUNT35
EDITOR COUNT2
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1977
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2002
H-INDEX1

  • Coleridge's Writings

    John BeerBOOKColeridge's Writings: Vol. 42002

  • Coleridge and Andrew Baxter on dreaming

    John BeerARTICLEDreaming1997Cited by: 2

  • General and Test Anxiety, Shyness, and Grade Point Average of Elementary School Children of Divorced and Nondivorced Parents

    Open AccessGarrett Call, JOE BEER et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports1994

    116 boys and girls in elementary Grades 4, 5, and 6 were administered the General Anxiety Scale, Test Anxiety Scale, and the Shyness Scale. Their GPAs were obtained from school records as were Normal Curve Equivalents from the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills given the previous school year. Children of divorced parents (n = 31) had lower GPAs than children of nondivorced parents (n = 85). The girls had higher GPAs and general anxiety scores than the bo…

  • Multiple Personality

    Open AccessDenise Beer, John Beer et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports1994

    Multiple personality disorder is the classification given a person for whom two or more distinct personalities are diagnosed. The personalities can be different and vary in character from aggressive to submissive (victimized). The victim alters can be abused and abuse or mutilate self to relieve anxiety or guilt (deserving punishment) or to exert control. Alters may provide a means of expressing anger or other feelings. Aggression towards the bod…

  • Depression, Self-Esteem, Suicide Ideation, Death Anxiety, and Gpa in High School Students of Divorced and Nondivorced Parents

    Open AccessDAN BRUBECK, John BeerARTICLEPsychological Reports1992

    131 subjects from a small north central Kansas high school participated and completed the Beck Depression Scale, Coopersmith Self-esteem Inventory short form with the Lie scale included, the Death Anxiety Scale, and the first 11 questions of the Beck Scale of Suicide Ideation. Background information collected from each subject included age, grade, marital status of parents, and sex. Grade point averages (on a 4-point scale) were taken from the st…

  • Classroom and Home Study Times and Grades While at College Using a Single-Subject Design

    Open AccessJOE BEER, John BeerARTICLEPsychological Reports1992

    In a single-subject design one white male in his late twenties who was a nontraditional student and attending college for the first time recorded the amount of time he spent in each class and outside of class on preparation. The grades were taken from his transcript for approximately six years. 52 grades were collected (45 As, 7 Bs). Chi squared indicated that as the number of class hours increased, grades tended to drop to Bs. Pearson correlatio…

  • Aggression, Alcohol Dependency, and Self-Consciousness among High School Students of Divorced and Nondivorced Parents

    Open AccessMichael Workman, John BeerARTICLEPsychological Reports1992

    134 high school students from a small high school in north central Kansas completed the MacAndrew Alcoholism Scale, Fenigstein, et al.'s Self-consciousness Scale, and Zaks' Aggression Scale. Analyses of variance showed significant differences between boys and girls but not among grades. On the aggression and alcohol measures boys scored higher than girls, but lower on public self-consciousness. Youth of divorced parents scored significantly highe…

  • Depression, Self-Esteem, Suicide Ideation, and GPAs of High School Students at Risk

    Open AccessJOE BEER, John BeerARTICLEPsychological Reports1992

    131 subjects completed the Beck Depression Inventory, Coopersmith's Self-esteem Inventory--Short Form, the first 11 questions of the Beck Scale of Suicide Ideation, and gave some background information. The students receiving free or reduced-cost lunches scored lower on self-esteem, while students who had been absent more than 15 times scored higher on depression and suicide ideation and had lower GPAs than students who were not absent as often b…

  • Burnout and Stress, Depression and Self-Esteem of Teachers

    Open AccessJOE BEER, John BeerARTICLEPsychological Reports1992

    33 teachers from one institutional school setting and 59 teachers from three north central school districts volunteered to complete and return Beck's Depression Scale, the Coopersmith Self-esteem Inventory--Adult Form, Stress Profile for Teachers, and the Staff Burnout Scale for Mental Health Professionals. Analysis of variance (2 x 2) for teaching level (grade and high school) by sex showed those teaching regular classrooms is grade school exper…

  • Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome

    Open AccessGarry Baxter, John BeerARTICLEPsychological Reports1992

    Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome was first described in 1957 but only in 1963 as a distinguishable type of moderate mental retardation. The cause is still unknown although some type of genetic origin is possible. No consistent chromosomal abnormality has been demonstrated, the chromosomal analysis is normal, and cases are generally not considered hereditary. The recurrent risk for siblings is approximately 0.1% but may be as high as 50% for offspring of…

  • Relationships between Scores on the Dial—R Concepts Scale and SRA Scores

    Open AccessTerri Schellinger, JOE BEER et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports1992

    42 children, brought for preschool screening from rural north central Kansas school districts, were administered the concepts area of the Developmental Indicators for the Assessment of Learning--Revised, and after the children had started school, the SRA scores were collected from their files. The 20 boys were absent more often than the 22 girls during Kindergarten. There was no sex difference on the concepts area of the DIAL--R. In Grade 1 girls…

  • Depression, Suicide Ideation, and Aggression Among High School Students Whose Parents Are Divorced and Use Alcohol at Home

    Michael Workman, Michael D Workman et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports1992

    106 high school students from a small rural high school completed the Children of Alcoholics Scale, Zaks and Walters' Aggression Scale, Beck Depression Scale, and a modified version of the Beck Scale of Suicide Ideation. Analyses of variance showed boys were not experiencing suicide ideation any more than girls; suicide ideation was similar across the four grades, but on aggression alcohol-dependent boys scored significantly higher than girls, an…

  • Specific and Diversive Curiosity and Depression in Junior High School Students of Divorced and Nondivorced Parents

    Open AccessJeremy Kerr, John BeerARTICLEPsychological Reports1992

    124 junior high school students (Grades 5 to 8) from a small school district in north central Kansas completed the Beck Depression Scale, the Maze test, and the Which-to-Discuss test. Background information, such as age, sex, grade, and marital status of parents, were also collected. There were no significant differences between boys and girls of divorced and nondivorced parents or across grades for scores on the Which-to-Discuss (specific curios…

  • Depression, General Anxiety, Test Anxiety, and Rigidity of Gifted Junior High and High School Children

    Open AccessJohn BeerARTICLEPsychological Reports1991

    27 gifted students in junior high and high school from north central Kansas school districts were administered the Children's Depression Inventory, the Beck Depression Scale, Test Anxiety Scale, General Anxiety Scale, and Breskin's Rigidity Scale. Sex, age, and grade were not considered, as the sample was small. The gifted students' mean scores for depression were below the cut-off score while their test anxiety, general anxiety, and rigidity sco…

  • Correlations among Wisc—R IQs and Several Measures of Receptive and Expressive Language for Children Referred for Special Education

    Open AccessMyra Wiesner, John BeerARTICLEPsychological Reports1991

    For 42 children from rural north central Kansas school districts (27 boys, 15 girls) who were referred for Special Education testing, the WISC-R IQs (Full Scale, Verbal, and Performance), the means on the Expressive One Word Picture Vocabulary Test, the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test--Revised, and the Test of Language Development were recorded from the children's files. No sex differences on any variable were noted; all variables correlated (Pea…

  • Self-Esteem, Alcoholism, Sensation Seeking, GPA, and Differential Aptitude Test Scores of High School Students in an Honor Society

    Open AccessKARLA BAKER, JOE BEER et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports1991

    29 high school students (10 boys, 19 girls), members of an honor society from a rural north central Kansas school district, were administered the MacAndrew Alcohol Scale, the Coopersmith Self-esteem Inventory--School Form, and the Sensation Seeking Scale (Form V). Their GPAs and the Differential Aptitude Test scores (verbal reasoning, numerical reasoning, verbal plus numerical reasoning) were collected from their school files. Although ranges wer…

  • Depression, General Anxiety, Test Anxiety, and Rigidity of Gifted Junior High and High School Children

    John BeerARTICLEPsychological Reports1991

  • Codependency and Self-Esteem among High School Students

    Open AccessDEENA FISHER, John BeerARTICLEPsychological Reports1990

    46 north central Kansas rural high school students completed a coedependency measure prepared from a list of codependent characteristics and the Coopersmith Self-esteem Inventory—Short Form including the Lie scale. Girls reported higher codependency scores than boys, but there was no difference between boys and girls on self-esteem. There was a significant difference between boys and girls on the self-esteem lie scores; boys tended to exaggerate …

  • Attendance Reward and Absenteeism in High School

    Open AccessRon Sturgeon, John BeerARTICLEPsychological Reports1990

    14 years of data, 1976 to 1989, from a north central Kansas rural high school district were analyzed. An attendance reward of exemption from taking semester tests was implemented to decrease the absenteeism in high school from 1976 to 1989. In 1980 a reward policy for attendance was implemented. Students who attended school regularly and maintained a certain grade point average earned an opportunity to be exempt from taking semester tests. Absent…

  • Relationship between Alcohol Dependency and Suicide Ideation among High School Students

    Open AccessMichael Workman, Michael D Workman et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports1990

    126 high school students completed the MacAndrew Alcohol Scale and a modified version of the Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation. Analyses of variance (2 x 4) showed boys were not experiencing suicide ideation any more than girls; suicide ideation was similar across the four grades, but on alcohol-dependency boys scored significantly higher than girls and scores for Grade 9 were significantly higher than those for Grade 10. The sophomores' scores on …

  • Educational Needs of School Personnel regarding Child Abuse and/or Neglect

    Open AccessGarry Baxter, John BeerARTICLEPsychological Reports1990

    From a review of literature a questionnaire was developed to identify problems related to child abuse/neglect in a rural school district. School administrators, regular and special education teachers, and counselors completed the survey to help establish more effective training programs. Analysis indicated that (1) school personnel need further assistance in dealing with problems pertaining to the maltreatment of students. (2) Formal, coordinated…

  • Dropping Out and Absenteeism in High School

    KARLA BOND, John BeerARTICLEPsychological Reports1990

    The data were collected from a north central Kansas rural high school district. Correlations support prior evidence regarding variables. More students drop out of school when the number of absences, the number of days in a school year, and the size of the student body increase. The 5% drop-out rate in the small town sampled was well below the 13% of the smaller cities

  • Self-Consciousness, Self-Esteem and Depression of Gifted School Children

    Open AccessMarie Pearson, John BeerARTICLEPsychological Reports1990

    38 gifted students from north central school districts were administered the Coopersmith Self-esteem Inventory--Short Form, the Self-consciousness Scale, and the Children's Depression Inventory. The gifted students' mean score on depression was below the cut-off and so did not indicate depression while their mean score on self-esteem was within average range. The Pearson correlation for self-esteem and lie scores was significant and positive, ind…

  • Relationship of Divorce to Self-Concept, Self-Esteem, and Grade Point Average of Fifth and Sixth Grade School Children

    Open AccessJohn BeerARTICLEPsychological Reports1989

    61 children (33 in Grade 5 and 28 in Grade 6) participated and were administered the Piers-Harris Self-concept Test, the Coopersmith Self-esteem Inventory--School Form, and the Children's Depression Inventory. At the end of the school year grade point averages (GPAs; 12-point scale) were calculated and Iowa Tests of Basic Skills were taken from their transcripts. Among the 58, 21 children were from divorced homes (10 girls and 11 boys) and 37 wer…

  • Self-Esteem, Depression, and Alcohol Dependency among High School Students

    Open AccessMathew Workman, John BeerARTICLEPsychological Reports1989

    123 high school students completed the short form of the Coopersmith Self-esteem Inventory-School Form and its Lie scale, Beck's Depression Inventory, and an Alcohol Dependency Scale. Analyses of variance (2 x 4) showed boys had higher mean Lie scores than girls, and freshmen had lower mean alcohol dependency scores than sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Correlations between self-esteem scores and depression scores were significant and negative, …