Original scientific paper
Research into the Development of Some Cognitive Functions and Some Personality Traits in the Children of Yugoslav Workers Temporarily Employed Abroad
Ante Fulgosi
; Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Ljerka Fulgosi
; Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Zvonimir Knezović
; Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Rea Masnjak
; Faculty of Special Education, Zagreb, Croatia
Anđelka Metzing
; Faculty of Education, Osijek, Croatia
Predrag Zarevski
; Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Three groups of children living in Yugoslavia from the fifth (N = 165), seventh (N = 147) and ninth (= 163) forms were compared with three comparable groups of children of Yugoslav workers living in W. Germany and three groups of German children on 8 measures of cognitive functioning (tests) and three personality tests. Several measures of socioeconomic status of Yugoslav children in Yugoslavia and Yugoslav children in W. Germany were also taken.
Statistical analyses have shown that the children of Yugoslav workers in W. Germany have significantly inferior results on most cognitive measures and sociability, and higher results in neuroticism even after eliminating all SES differences.
On the basis of these results it was concluded that the children of Yugoslav workers living in a foreign country do not have the optimal environmental conditions for a full cognitive and personality development.
Keywords
migrant children; cognitive functions; personality traits; FR of Germany
Hrčak ID:
128889
URI
Publication date:
30.9.1985.
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