Moving through autonomy toward interdependence: The relationship between Chickering and Reisser's third vector and Stephen Covey's Seven habits of highly effective people

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.

Date of Award	2011
Original language	American English
Awarding Institution	Eastern Illinois University
Supervisor	Charles G Eberly (Supervisor)