Patients' self perceived treatment needs can be understood with reference to seven clusters of needs: need for help with anxiety depression, superego complaints, gross psychotic symptoms, physical symptoms causing emotional difficulties, economic vocational complaints, feelings of inadequacy and marital difficulties. These factors showed minimal…

The results indicated that significant main effects for family size and sex indicated that Ss with smaller families showed lower need for approval and that females showed higher n App. Ordinal position was not a significant source of variance, however; these three family structure variables were found to be interacting. (Author)

Generally, results indicated that the information about the interviewer and the information requested of the interviewee were significantly related to the verbal behavior of Ss in an ongoing interview situation. For the most part, predictions regarding the approval dimension were not supported. (Author)

In a Rosenthal-type experimental situation, this study found that Ss high in need for approval demonstrated a significant susceptibility to E expectancy effects, while low-approval motivation Ss did not. (Author)

Measurement of females motives to avoid success were evaluated with students taking part in the Horner's Thematic Apperception Tests. Results of the study show that this testing procedure measures a more complex set of attitudes, expectations and personality characteristics than implied by "motive to avoid success" theory. (Author/EK)

High need for social approval, as measured by self- and peer ratings, is related to evasive and impersonal behavior. High-scoring males gave predominantly neutral disclosures. (Author)

The MAS was administered while drive level was systematically manipulated. Drive state was varied at four levels by the induced muscular tension technique while heart rate (HR) and galvanic skin response (GSR) activity were recorded. No meaningful relationship between MAS scores and HR and GSR activity was observed. The intercorrelation between HR…

Female subjects were randomly assigned to an n Power arousal group or control group. Analysis of TAT protocols revealed that n Power was aroused in women as successfully as the procedures had been with men. Subjects' self-ratings also demonstrated that subjects felt stronger in the experimental group. (NG)