Using a cross-panel design and data from 2 successive cohorts of college students ( N = 357), we examined the stability of maladaptive perfectionism, procrastination, and psychological distress across 3 time points within a college semester. Each construct was substantially stable over time, with procrastination being especially stable. We also…

The original Personal Growth Initiative Scale (PGIS; Robitschek, 1998) was unidimensional, despite theory identifying multiple components (e.g., cognition and behavior) of personal growth initiative (PGI). The present research developed a multidimensional measure of the complex process of PGI, while retaining the brief and psychometrically sound…

Several unilinear and bilinear dimensional measurement models of Asian American acculturation and enculturation were tested with confirmatory factor analysis. Bilinear models of acculturation consistently outperformed the unilinear model. In addition, models that articulated multiple dimensions (i.e., values and behavior) exhibited a better fit to…

Studied relevance of power and involvement in supervisory relationship. Analyzed by multiple-case-study approach Goodyear supervision interview series and compared results with previous findings. Found each interview, although following pattern of teacher-learner interaction, exhibited unique sequence of messaging style between supervisor and…

The present study developed and examined a conceptual model of working through self-defeating patterns. Participants were 390 college students at a large midwestern university. Results indicated that self-defeating patterns mediated the relations between attachment and distress. Also, self-esteem mediated the link between self-defeating patterns…

Following participation in client role induction exercises, subjects predicted their own depth of self-disclosure and personal comfort level in an interview with a psychologiest. The responses of subjects to topics selected for the interview indicated that expected self-disclosure output was inversely related to the interpersonal risk value of…

The results of this study suggest that the kind of counter-transference established in early interviews may be important to the out-come of psychotherapy. The successful therapists in these interviews were more dominant than their unsuccessful counterparts. (Author)

This study investigated the relationship between similarity of interests and likability. Consistent with the general hypothesis, a strong positive relationship was found between interest similarity and rated attraction. (Author)

Modeling with reinforcement, modeling without reinforcement, and active control treatments were administered to 140 tenth and eleventh graders. The results indicated no difference due to the presence of planned vicarious reinforcement. (Author)

The results indicate that more cooperative behavior is induced in the listener when invariant warmth is expressed, while more cooperative behavior is induced in the actor when invariant anger or anger followed by warmth is expressed. (Author)

Agoraphobia is a pervasive constellation of fears and avoidance behaviors relating to open spaces, crowds, being alone, and other everyday situations. Presents the case of a client with agoraphobia on a medical rehabilitation unit. Outlines psychological interventions, giving discharge and follow-up status. Literature review focused on possible…

The results of the current study, as well as the Zimmer and Cowles (1972) study using quite different procedures, involved a comparison of client-centered, gestalt, and rational therapies and do not support the conclusion that therapeutic relationships tend to be characteristically the same. Theoretical orientation as operationalized by…

The data indicated that (a) subjectively experienced suggestibility was more closely related to attitude change than was objective suggestibility, and (b) the generalized expectancy treatments were ineffective in influencing different criterion scores. (Author)

Using the Twenty Item" Manifest Anxiety Scale and the Six Item" Extraversion and Neuroticism scales, item responses from 241 subjects were collected and intercorrelated. The resultant matrix was transformed to a matrix of correlations among the three scales. Manifest anxiety and neuroticism were found to be largely confounded and both were found…

This study investigated the effects of 15 second client response latencies upon the speech and silence behavior of four experimentally naive counselors in advanced training. The results indicate that a coached client was able to effect change unobtrusively in the speech and silence behavior of counselors. (Author)