Graduate Program
College Student Affairs
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Semester of Degree Completion
2011
Thesis Director
Charles Eberly
Thesis Committee Member
Jody Stone
Thesis Committee Member
Stephen Lucas
Abstract
This study assessed college student levels of autonomy as measured by The Iowa Developing Autonomy Inventory (Hood & Jackson, 1986), and their perception of their mastery of the seven habits of highly effective people as measured by the Covey Seven Habits Self Profile (Covey, ND) . The Iowa inventory consists of six subscales consisting of 15 items each; mobility, time management, money management, interdependence, emotional independence - Peers and emotional independence - Parents. The Seven Habits profile consists of nine three-item categories; emotional bank account, life balance, be proactive, begin with the end in mind, put first things first, think win-win, seek first to understand, synergize, and sharpen the saw.
Two-tailed t-tests were used to measure significant differences between male and female students, freshmen and senior students, and students living on or off-campus on the two measures. A series of Pearson Product Moment correlations were calculated to examine correlations between the Iowa Developing Autonomy Inventory scales and Covey's Seven Habits categories.
Significant differences were found between male and female students, freshmen and senior students and students living on or off-campus on The Iowa Developing Autonomy Scale. Few significant differences were found between male and female students, freshmen and senior students and living on or off-campus as measured by the Covey Seven Habits Self Profile. There were 33 significant correlations between the Seven Habits measure and the six Iowa Developing Autonomy subscales.
Recommended Citation
Pahl, Christopher M., "Moving through autonomy toward interdependence: The relationship between Chickering and Reisser's third vector and Stephen Covey's Seven habits of highly effective people" (2011). Masters Theses. 170.
https://thekeep.eiu.edu/theses/170
