Female students comprise a significant number of the accounting student population at four-year institutions. Likewise, a significant number of students have chosen to enroll and earn associate degrees at a community college, and subsequently transfer to a four-year college or university. According to the National Center for Education Statistics,…

Anxiety has an important role in teaching and learning. If teachers can recognize which kind of tests create high anxiety then they will be able to omit these kinds of tests. Then, the results of test can probably show the students' knowledge more carefully. The subjects of the present study were sixty Iranian female junior university students.…

Results of this research suggest that cardiorespiratory and body adaptations were independent from the two modes of training (high resistance-slow rate/low resistance-fast rate exercise on the bicycle ergometer) used in the study. (MB)

Scores of 168 women on the 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire revealed they were highly intelligent and creative as compared with the standard for adult women. Factor direction suggested that self renewing women as a group might be described as self sufficient extroverts," in contrast with Cattell's description of creative people as self…

Compared body image of obese high school girls and those attending a weight-loss clinic. Results showed girls in the clinic program perceived themselves as heavier than their counterparts. Both groups used uncomplimentary adjectives to describe their appearance. No significant difference was found in articulation of body concept. (Author/JAC)

In a Colby Junior College study of (1) non-intellective characteristics of freshmen and their proficiency in liberal arts, (2) the same factors after two years, and (3) relationships between the variables and educational outcome College Student Questionnaires were used to measure some of the characteristics. Part I was given in Fall 1966; Part II,…

Examined the effects of four treatment conditions on the modification of irrational ideas and test anxiety in female nursing students (N=48). The Rational Stage Directed Hypnotherapy (RSDH) treatment group was significantly more effective than the hypnosis only group. The placebo and control groups showed no significant effects. (Author/JAC)

Used the intraclass correlation coefficient to estimate the interrater reliability of judgments of clinician and novice raters of depressed females (N=20) who took the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD). Expert and student raters both made reliable ratings on the HRSD. Criterion validity for student raters was also satisfactory.…

Compared college women's scores for criterion-related validity and sex balance on the Strong Campbell Interest Inventory and UNIACT. On both inventories, scores on Enterprising, Conventional, Artistic and Social themes were most consistent with occupational choices. Subjects choosing Investigative and Realistic occupational areas obtained…

Items showing sex differences on the revised Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-R) were studied. In a sample of 206 young adults (110 males and 96 females), 15 items demonstrated significant sex differences, but there was no relationship of item-specific gender content to sex differences in item performance. (SLD)