The study group of 70 sophomores was compared to the entire sophomore class at the university. Study group males and females had equal or greater academic, intellectual, and personal attainments or capacities than those of their sophomore classmates. Only the Achiever Personality mean scores of the male study group were significantly lower than…

The accumulated evidence of this paper suggests that sex aggression is largely the consequence of a particular type of socialization coupled with appropriate situational factors. These males tend to be generally aggressive; they show a strong tendency to deny love feeling for their mothers; their peers tend to stress sexual activity. (Author/BY)

The college student drug users are likely to be male, urban, Jewish or nonreligious, humanities or social sciences majors, upper middle class, politically liberal or radical, and they are likely to rate their general health as somewhat lower than average. Grades and class in college were not consistently related to drug use. (Author)

The specific goal of this study was two-fold: to determine those characteristics of the entering freshman that predict his participation in campus demonstrations and to investigate the relation between participation in protest as a freshman and attitude changes during the first year of college. (Author)

Differences in personality characteristics seem to exist between high ability freshmen women and freshmen women in general. Counselors, educators, and administrators should be aware of these differences and should not automatically assume similarity in personality characteristics among college women. (Author)

Activist leaders were compared with "establishment" members on demographic and personality variables. Activists were significantly more likely to be older, achieve higher grades, espouse a nonreligious orientation and have a working mother. The two groups did not differ significantly in overall psychological adjustment. (Author/CG)

Describes a study of certain professional functions and characteristics of financial aid directors in a metropolitan area as seen by themselves and the college or university presidents and deans. The close congruence of ratings is remarkable. (Author)

Based on the data, young adults regardless of college attended seem to change more in the social area than any other area and they change in the direction of becoming more gregarious. Least change occurs in the degree of traditional beliefs, conformity, domestic habits, and fiscal policies engaged in by young adults. The major conclusion is that…

Students enrolled in a community college were given the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule. Those students enrolled in transfer programs were compared with those students enrolled in terminal programs on each scale, with sex and socioeconomic status factors controlled. Differences were found in dominance, heterosexuality, aggression, endurance,…

Regular users of marijuana were not found to be significantly different from the other user groups except with respect to proportions of group members using stronger drugs. The distinctiveness of the regular user group and the non-user group suggests that those who do not use marijuana and stronger illicit drugs have been able to find…

The study concludes that if sororities are sincere in their drive to strengthen their chapter and the system, they need to broaden their role requirements, provide growing room, and recognize maturing points of view and differing perceptions in their upperclass women. (Author)

The evidence on social fraternities on two campuses suggests two major problems confronting the system. The first is that of cultural implosiveness or socioeconomic inbreeding. The second involves the heavy emphasis placed upon personality factors in the rushing and pledging processes. (Author)

When low, medium, and high-effective groups were compared, the most reliable discrimination come from comparing the middle group to each of the other two. It was further found that different personality factors seem to contribute to male and female effectiveness as volunteers. (Author/CJ)

The present study was a systematic attempt to determine what selected characteristics tended to differentiate between fraternity and independent men. Three research questions were investigated. (Author)

Biographical and attitudinal characteristics of dropout college students are compared with students who did not drop out. It was proposed that these nonintellective characteristics have an effect on attrition greater than academic ability. Results are discussed. (Author/CG)