The name is absent

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. Comparison of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal response

to Statement 14 - strain towards withdrawal

Statement

Agree           Not           Disagree Majority

strongly Agree sure Disagree strongly support
ft,                               ft.                   ft,                   ft,                                   ft,                           ft,

"ft                       *O              *0               *0                          φ                    "ft

14, I often feel people looking
at me and I wish I could hide
so that they couldn’t see me

(disagree)

Aboriginal response (N=93)      6.6     15.4   22.0 41.8

Non-Aboriginal response (N=289) 8.5     22.5   23.5 36.5

14.3    56.1

8.9    45.4

(c) Discussion

More than half the Aboriginal group (56.1 per cent) rejected
the statement. Forty-five point four per cent of non-Aborigines
also rejected the statement. However, it is interesting to note
that 31,0 per cent of non-Aborigines did feel people looking at
ъ
them, and wished they could hide, compared with 22 per cent .of
Aborigines.

2¾g hypothesis that Aborigines would strongly support the statement
that they wished they could hide so that people could not see them
was not supported.

24.34 Strain towards withdrawal in the school situation

The strain towards withdrawal in the world of education is seen
also in drop-out from school, a giving up of effort.

The following statements look for evidence of this particular
aspect of functional constancy.

24.34 (a) Hypothesis

It was hypothesized that Aborigines would show a more marked

tendency to withdraw than non-Aborigines.