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W. Grant Dahlstrom

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W. Grant Dahlstrom

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
United States
Died
age 84
Nationality
United States
Languages
English

Career

Occupations
psychologist, researcher, academic
Active Years
1946-2006

Awards

APA Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research
1991
Organization: American Psychological Association
Result: 受賞
Bruno Klopfer Award
1994
Organization: Society for Personality Assessment
Result: 受賞
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
1969
Work: Negro and White Children: A Psychological Study in the Rural South
Organization: Anisfield-Wolf Foundation
Result: 受賞(共著:E. Earl Baughman と)

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Negro and White Children: A Psychological Study in the Rural South

1969 psychological research

A comparative psychological study of Black and White children in the rural American South, examining psychological characteristics and social backgrounds, and analysing how racial and environmental factors affect development and mental functioning.

race and developmentinfluence of social environmentchild psychology

Bibliography

  • Negro and White Children: A Psychological Study in the Rural South

Style & Themes

Literary Style
academic and empirical writingreports based on statistical analyses
Recurring Motifs
social factors and psychologycomparative studies

Legacy

Dahlstrom contributed to psychometrics—including work on the MMPI—and empirical research in child psychology. Over a long career he influenced clinical psychology and personality assessment and received multiple major awards.

Academic Societies

  • American Psychological Association
  • Society for Personality Assessment

Trivia

  • Known for work related to the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI).
  • A graduate student fellowship at the University of North Carolina has been mentioned as honoring Dahlstrom.