This study examined the role of self-disclosure within protege/mentor dyads in formal mentoring partnerships within a corporate context as a means of learning more about specific relationship processes that may enhance the positive outcomes of mentoring. While both proteges and mentors self-disclosed in their relationships, proteges disclosed at a…

The authors believe that the future of psychology lies in a unification of enhancement and reinforcement, not in the wasted energy of continued conflict. (Author)

Data were collected during October, November, and December of 1967. Computations for this project were performed at the Indiana University Medical Research Computation Center.

Sixty young males enrolled in an introductory course in psychology rated themselves on a series of 7-step, bipolar, adjectival scales. Afterwards they observed a young man perform a simple mechanical task, performed the same task and then rated the young man and themselves again. It was found that when the subjects perceived the young man as…

Research developments in the area of clothing and human behavior are reviewed in terms of relevant psychological and sociological theories, including impression formation, clothing's effect on the behavior of others, conformity, personality, and life style. (SK)

A sample of nuclear families is drawn to test hypothesis that role-taking is a function of the interactive effects of value similarity and affect. Support is found for the position that, in certain conditions, value similarity, regardless of the level of affect, is strongly related to role-taking accuracy. (RP)

Adjustment to retirement from gainful employment has long been recognized as one of the major adaptive tasks of later life. The degree to which this adjustment is successful often plays a major role in determining the extent to which an individual finds his later years satisfying and rewarding. In a complex technical society retirement does not…

This study examines four hypotheses concerning the nature of fear of success (FOS). Data were gathered in two stages. First, respondents in a large sample survey of metropolitan Detroit area residents were asked to tell a Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) story. In the second stage, white currently-married females aged 18 to 56 whose households…

Is the development of achievement motivation in women influenced by the social role females are reared to play? The conclusion here is that self-concept and attitudes toward femininity are related and interact in inhibiting achievement need. (Author)

Challenging three common presuppositions concerning role orientations (the values, attitudes, and expectations associated with professional and organizational roles), a research study explores the dimensions of role orientations in five models and suggests three mechanisms generating associations among these dimensions. (WD)

In this study, the situational nature of female sex roles and the degree of consensus among women concerning female sex roles is examined in social and work situations. (Author/WI)