Elliott Schreiber

Biographic Data

ID5965506
NAMEElliott Schreiber
GIVEN NAMESElliott
FAMILY NAMESchreiber
SIGNATURESCHREIBER E
AFFILIATIONSCollege of New Jersey
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1969
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2002
H-INDEX0

  • A Study of Parents of Violent Children

    Open AccessElliott Schreiber, ELLIOTT H SCHREIBER et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports2002

    This study based on in-depth interviews of 25 parents of violent children and a control group of 25 parents of nonviolent children concerned the parents' personalities. Parents were between 22 and 48 years of age and were from middle and lower middle socioeconomic backgrounds. Differences in classification by the nonblinded interviewers of parents into the two groups on six behavior characteristics were significant on chi2 tests. Some recommendat…

  • Use of Group Hypnosis to Improve College Students' Achievement

    Open AccessElliott Schreiber, ELLIOTT H SCHREIBERARTICLEPsychological Reports1997

    To examine whether group hypnosis would improve college students' achievement examination grades, including a midterm and final test of 30 educational psychology students who were hypnotized were compared with those of two control groups of 34 and 32 students. Analysis indicated for these intact classes the hypnotized group had a significantly higher mean score on final examination than those of the control groups, although differences in examina…

  • Using Relaxation Techniques and Positive Self-Esteem to Improve Academic Achievement of College Students

    Open AccessElliott Schreiber, ELLIOTT H SCHREIBER et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports1995

    This study examined whether after 20 sessions over 10 weeks of Jacobson's muscle relaxation accompanied by encouragement of positive self-esteem academic examination scores of 22 undergraduate college students would improve by comparison with those of a control group of 30 students. The relaxation group had significantly higher examination grades than the control group, but there was no significant mean difference between the groups on the Cattel…

  • A Study of Hypnosis in Improving Academic Achievement of College Students

    Open AccessElliott Schreiber, ELLIOTT H SCHREIBERARTICLEPsychological Reports1992

    Examination of whether hypnosis would improve academic achievement scores on examinations over 15 weeks for 30 students of general psychology and a control group of 31 psychology students indicated the groups were not significantly different at midterm, but t was larger for the final test, encouraging longer term study

  • Cattell Anxiety Scale in Predicting College Students' Achievement

    Open AccessElliott Schreiber, ELLIOTT H SCHREIBERARTICLEPsychological Reports1985

    120 college students were studied to estimate the relationship between high sten scores on the Cattell Anxiety Scale and above average college term grades. 43 male and 77 female undergraduate students were tested in the beginning of the semester and given a coded sten score. Strong grade differences were noted between students with high and students with low sten scores on the Cattell Anxiety Scale. This anxiety scale might be used to counsel stu…

  • Bystander's Intervention in Situations of Violence

    Open AccessElliott SchreiberARTICLEPsychological Reports1979

    There has been a great deal of violence in communities within the past few years. Criticism of people's attitudes toward violence and the lack of intervention has included apathy, indifference, fear, and withdrawal. Various studies have produced conflicting results with regard to the reasons for lack of intervention in emergencies. Despite prior work, study of over 200 college students in situations of violence shows that the size of the group is…

  • Personality Characteristics and Dental Disorders in Adolescents

    Open AccessElliott Schreiber, ELLIOTT H SCHREIBERARTICLEPsychological Reports1969