The present study was designed to investigate the generalizabiltiy of the Broverman et al. findings that there is a difference in the conception of mental health for a male and for a female. (Author)

Attitudes toward homosexuals are more highly associated with support for a double standard for the sexes than with permissive or nonpermissive attitudes regarding premarital sexual intimacy. (Author)

Examines the relationship between the Perceived Guilt Index, the Mosher Forced Choice Guilt Scale, and the Word Association Test. (Author)

Undergraduates were given either Barnum characterizations or straightforward instructions regarding open- or closed-mindedness. Barnum inductions influenced subsequent cognitive behavior: Subjects led to believe that they were open-minded were more balanced in the thoughts they produced on two campus issues than were subjects led to believe they…

Examines the relation between social desirability judgements (social de sirability scale values) of males and females in the area of sexual behavior. The findings raise some questions about the use of obvious-direct items with pathological import in sex behavior questionnaires. (Author/PC)

Identified five sources of death anxiety. Significant relationships were observed between each source and experimental factors. The relationship between death anxiety and attitude toward voluntary passive euthanasia was explored, and a significant correlation was noted among elderly persons. Results were consistent with an idiographic orientation…

Self-report data were examined to identify personality-attitudinal items that correlated with polydrug use. Analysis showed that 20 items, when treated as a scale, were reliable, diagnostically accurate, and applicable to either sex. This is an initial step in development of scale for indirect measurement of use of psychotropics. (Author/BEF)