身体の成熟度と性格との相関に関する研究事

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The present paper is a report on the study of the correlation between the degree of physical maturation, determined by the planimetric method of carpal bones, and personal character which is appraised by using Kraepelin numeral addition test, adjustment test and moral judgment test. The research and experiment were made during the period from May, 1952 to October, 1952. The number of subjects is 102-from 4th grade to 6th grade of elementary school children.
The abstract of the result is as follows:
1) the author found that there is correlation coefficient. 311 between the degree of physical maturation (indicated by growth quotient=G. Q) and the result of Kraepelin numeral addition test (indicated by Standard Score) and the γ is significant at 1 percent level.
2) The γ between physical maturation degree and the result of adjustment test is. 195 and the γ is insignificant at the 5 percent level. But there is correlation ratio. 423 and the difference between r and n is significant at the 5 percent level.
3) The result of moral judgment test indicates γ. 228 orη. 505 between the result and the physical maturation degree; then the γ and the difference between γ and η are respectively significant at the 5 percent level.
4) There are deeper correlations between the result of three tests of personal character which were used in this study and the intelligence than the correlation between the test results and bodily maturation degree. Furthermore, the author studied last year that there is the low correlation between the physical maturation degree and intelligence. So if we recognize the common factor of intelligence between personal character and physical maturation degree, and remove the common intelligence factor, there is no correlation between personal character and bodily maturation degree. However if we do not consider about the intelligence factor, the author may conclude that there is actually a low but considarable correlation between personal character and physical maturation degree.