There has been a growing body of research on best approaches to reduce college men's sexual assault perpetration. While some interventions have successfully decreased perpetrator behavior, very few have accounted for college men's pre-intervention likelihood of offending (i.e., risk status). Considering the difficulties in changing high-risk men's…

Male nurses are but a small percentage of the total nurse population in the United States, and most certainly have potential to increase in numbers if the profession appeared more attractive as a career option for men. The purpose of this research was to discover the decision factors used by males that led them to enroll in Associate Degree…

Men are overrepresented in socially problematic behaviors, such as aggression and criminal behavior, which have been linked to impulsivity. Our review of impulsivity is organized around the tripartite theoretical distinction between reward hypersensitivity, punishment hyposensitivity, and inadequate effortful control. Drawing on evolutionary,…

The present study was conducted to ascertain the extent to which three alternative perspectives on identity development (self-construction, eudaimonistic self-discovery, and agentic personality) relate to various indices of identity consolidation drawn from Erikson, identity status, and identity capital. A total of 183 participants (21% males; 78%…

Theoretical formulations of D. Gutmann in 1965 and of D. Bakan in 1966 were tested in three studies of sex differences in personality. Results indicate the importance of qualitative aspects of sex differences in personality and support the agency communion formulation as a framework for future inquiry. (Author)

Tested the person-by-situation model. State anxiety was assessed prior to a routine training session and before a track meet. Trait anxiety was measured after the training session. There was a significant interaction between social evaluation trait anxiety and the meet situation. (Author)

This article originally appeared in March, 1940 as "Why No Great Women Composers?" The author, a psychologist, finds no sex differences in music achievement traceable to ability or opportunity, but feels that a woman's fundamental urge is to be loved, while a man's is to achieve in a career. (SJL)