Groups of psychology students, parents and children in Melbourne, Australia,were recently asked to judge the importance of the psychological rights ofchildren drafted in 1978 by the International School Psychology Committee byranking them or selecting the rights that they regarded as most important. Thederived ranks for the three groups of subjects showed quite high positiverelationships but some psychologically significant discrepancies appearedbetween children and adults. Psychology students appeared to expect conflictswith schools over children's rights.
A comparison of empirical results with the Declaration of the PsychologicalRights of the Child accepted at the 3rd International Colloquium in SchoolPsychology in July, 1979, showed fair agreement.
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Note. The Journal of Social Issues, 1978, 34, 2, is devoted to the theme, 'The Changing Status of Children: Rights, Roles, and Responsibilities'.
