Citation

Mathews CO. J. Consult. Psychol. 1937; 1(3): 41-48.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1937, American Psychological Association)

DOI

10.1037/h0053101

PMID

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Abstract

Those who are responsible for the guidance of children are coming to recognize the importance of two trends in modern education. One of these concerns the objectives of education, namely that the responsibility of the teacher, counselor, or clinician is to the whole child and not merely to one aspect of his development. The other trend is the tendency to give more weight to environmental and social factors in the development of the individual than was done formerly, especially by many psychologists. It is in the light of these trends and with an acceptance of their values that this investigation was formulated. The specific purposes of this study were: (1) To assist in the discovery, diagnosis, and treatment of problem children in one of our laboratory schools, and (2) to discover some of the factors which contribute to undesirable behavior in a rather typical rural community. The study was conducted among the ninety-three boys in a six-year secondary school.