Malcolm Kahn
Biographic Data
| ID | 7116423 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Malcolm Kahn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Malcolm |
| FAMILY NAME | Kahn |
| SIGNATURE | KAHN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Miami |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1967 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Relationship of Drug Involvement to Dropping Out of College
28 heavy drug users, 32 moderate drug users, and 35 nonusers were compared for how long they stayed in college following their entrance. As predicted, heavy drug users showed the least persistence. This finding was discussed in terms of motivational factors
Effectiveness of Crisis Center Volunteers and the Personal Orientation Inventory
43 university students who had volunteered for crisis center work were initially evaluated for positive characteristics via the Personal Orientation Inventory, then later rated on semantic differential scales for effectiveness as volunteers. Among the rating scales were those purported to measure empathy, nonpossessive warmth, and genuineness. In the present study, positive characteristics as inventoried yielded more negative significant than pos…
Comparability of Drug Abuse Rating Scales
Drug histories of 144 college students were rated on five different scales of degree of drug use. The scales were based on frequency of marijuana use, life style, and nature of marijuana use, number of drugs used, types of drugs used, and over-all involvement with drugs. While significant intercorrelations were obtained, the most consistent scales were those that took into account life style, history, and over-all involvement rather than simply d…
Further Normative and Comparative Data on the Repression-Sensitization and Social Desirability Scales
The revised Byrne Repression-Sensitization scale and Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability scale were administered to 979 undergraduates to obtain further normative data for these scales. No significant differences were found between the means, variances, and over-all distributions of the present and original normative data. These results were seen as justification for the continued application of the original norms to other state university populat…
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Further Normative and Comparative Data on the Repression-Sensitization and Social Desirability Scales
The revised Byrne Repression-Sensitization scale and Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability scale were administered to 979 undergraduates to obtain further normative data for these scales. No significant differences were found between the means, variances, and over-all distributions of the present and original normative data. These results were seen as justification for the continued application of the original norms to other state university populat…
Comparability of Drug Abuse Rating Scales
Drug histories of 144 college students were rated on five different scales of degree of drug use. The scales were based on frequency of marijuana use, life style, and nature of marijuana use, number of drugs used, types of drugs used, and over-all involvement with drugs. While significant intercorrelations were obtained, the most consistent scales were those that took into account life style, history, and over-all involvement rather than simply d…
Relationship of Drug Involvement to Dropping Out of College
28 heavy drug users, 32 moderate drug users, and 35 nonusers were compared for how long they stayed in college following their entrance. As predicted, heavy drug users showed the least persistence. This finding was discussed in terms of motivational factors
Effectiveness of Crisis Center Volunteers and the Personal Orientation Inventory
43 university students who had volunteered for crisis center work were initially evaluated for positive characteristics via the Personal Orientation Inventory, then later rated on semantic differential scales for effectiveness as volunteers. Among the rating scales were those purported to measure empathy, nonpossessive warmth, and genuineness. In the present study, positive characteristics as inventoried yielded more negative significant than pos…
Psychology (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Drug (2 works) · Psychiatry (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (2 works) · Applied Psychology (1 work)