Crumbaugh and Maholick's Purpose-in-Life test was administered to 100 English-speaking South African subjects, who were later to become members of discrete religiously oriented groups, to test the hypothesis that samples of particular South African young people would receive substantially lower scores prior to their group affiliation than comparable American samples. This hypothesis was confirmed. Four individually distinct samples are briefly discussed and, although no conclusions can be reached because there are no South African norms, the finding of such dramatically low scores for these specific samples suggests the presence of maladjustment might be accounted for in terms of the existential crisis brought about through the rapid and substantial cultural change.
55 upper-division college students in two classes were administered a love-styles inventory (SAMPLE-70) at the beginning and end of the academic quarter. 25 received lectures on love and 30 did not. The former group showed a significant increase only for Storge. Endorsement patterns for both groups suggest a form of interpersonal relationship characterized by a rational and ethical quest for an ideal relationship, a willingness to make sacrifices for the beloved, a mutual regard, caring and friendship, and a sense of fate in the relationship.
A classical approach opposes Western conceptions of love and African conceptions, without always giving fair treatment to either group. This study compared love attitudes among American, Ugandan, and Senegalese subjects. Though African, the Ugandan and Senegalese subjects show significant differences that indigenous characteristics only can account for even though on the whole their love style contrasts with the Western one. Senegalese subjects offer an interesting combination of various attitudes about love.
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