With respect to each of the seven decision-task variables, there was no significant difference between the two groups (of 100 men and 100 women executives). The multiple regression analysis did not show sex of executives as a factor influencing confidence, dogmatism, and decision latency as related to decision accuracy. (Author/IRT)

Stepwise multiple regression was used to develop salary prediction equations, one from each of two faculty samples used most frequently used in this type of research. An analysis of the model found that on average women were paid significantly less than men. (RB)

Asks whether macro-assessment of honesty has utility for detecting deception. Multiple regression analyses indicate that honesty assessments can be only partially predicted from communication style, characterized by the level of friendliness, attentiveness, preciseness, animation, and dramatic style. (JK)

The use of general linear regression methods for the analysis of categorical data is recommended. The general linear model analysis of a 0,1 coded response variable produces estimates of the same response probabilities that might otherwise be estimated from frequencies in a multiway contingency table. (Author/CTM)

Sexual attitudes and their influence on sexual behavior among high school students (N=1,587) and parents (N=1,372) were investigated. Multiple regression analyses yielded models for attitudes about premarital sexual intercourse with separate models for adolescent females and males. When family factors were integrated, the model had more…

Investigated a series of hypothesized relationships between adjustment to separation and specified personality, demographic, and situational variables. Poorer adjustment was associated with a more traditional sex role orientation, greater discrepancies between self and ideal self, a less satisfying postseparation relationship with one's expartner…

The relationships among preferred handedness, family history of sinistrality, sex of subject, and spatial visualization were examined in college students. Males outperformed females at all levels of handedness when measured as a continuous variable. Extreme handedness was associated with poorest performance. Decreased hemispheric specialization…

The Reasons for Living Inventory was completed by 95 Black and 132 White male and female students at a predominantly White southern university. Female subjects had a greater fear of, and objection to, suicide. Blacks scored higher than Whites in reasons for living. (DM)

Investigates the effect of sex, age, intelligence, and sex role flexibility on prosocial behavior among preschool children. Finds a significant and positive correlation between sex role flexibility and prosocial behavior among boys but not among girls. (FMW)

Parents' characteristics that influence the incidence of spanking are investigated. Differences between boys and girls, mothers and fathers, older and younger children, Black and White, and married versus single women, as well as attributes of the child, the parent, and the social context are explored using multiple regression analysis. Profiles…

Male and female eleventh grade students from 14 schools in Tel Aviv were tested to determine the effect of gender and other factors on values and value judgments. No predominating factor was found, although gender effect could be quantified. (DM)

Using a national survey of 11-, 12-, and 15-year-old English students, the relationship between intelligence and academic achievement was examined at different levels of socioeconomic status and family environment. Regression surfaces were constructed from models which examined possible linear, interaction, and curvilinear relations between the…

In order to explore factors that influence gender differences in same-sex friendship behaviors, the present study examined how affiliation motive, as measured by thematic apperception to same-sex cues, and affiliation value, obtained from modified Edwards (1957) Personal Preference Scale, determine type of friendship situation and its particular…

Examines the relationship between the rated sex, aggression, and sexism values of cartoons and their perceived funniness. Results, interpreted by Zillmann's social predisposition theory, indicated response differentiation by sex. (MW)

Investigates the pattern of predictors for male and female attitudes toward lesbians. The following significant predictors are investigated: (1) gender role attitudes; (2) parents' attitudes toward lesbians; (3) authoritarianism; and (4) education and media exposures. Sex differences in attitudes toward lesbians are discussed. (JS)