Binocular rivalry and the study of identification in asthmatic and nonasthmatic boys.

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Describes a method for studying motivational properties of identification in a group of 55 8-11 yr. old asthmatic and nonasthmatic boys. Selective attention of a child toward his mother or father was measured by the child's resolution of a binocular rivalry test in which the competing stimuli were photographs of the child's own parents. Perceptual dominance scores derived from this test were then examined in relation to certain other perceptions of the child. Split-half reliability of perceptual dominance scores was .84. Perceptual dominance of the father was positively related to perceived power of the father among nonasthmatic boys (r = .37, p < .05); among asthmatic boys, this relationship was negative (r = -.48, p < .05). (24 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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