MEASUREMENT OF SOCIAL FREEDOM - THE STARKWEATHER SOCIAL CONFORMITY TEST REVISED (SSCT-R)

Authors
Citation
E. Goldsmith, MEASUREMENT OF SOCIAL FREEDOM - THE STARKWEATHER SOCIAL CONFORMITY TEST REVISED (SSCT-R), The Journal of creative behavior, 31(3), 1997, pp. 235-241
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Educational
ISSN journal
00220175
Volume
31
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
235 - 241
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-0175(1997)31:3<235:MOSF-T>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Freedom to conform or not to conform to peer choices is one of the tra its of a child with high creative potential. The Starkweather Social C onformity Test-Revised is described and compared to the original test. The Starkweather Social Conformity Test-Revised is useful for determi ning conformity, nonconformity, and freedom of young children when the y are given the opportunity to make a book based on their personal pre ferences or on the preferences of pictures chosen for their friends. T he test is individually administered; it may be given to a child who i s involved in a group or to a child in a therapeutic setting.