Overexcitability profiles of 49 adolescents were compared with those of gifted and nongifted adults. Results suggested that both gifted adolescents and adults as a group are characterized by two nonintellective factors: imaginational and emotional overexcitabilities and intellectual overexcitability. (CL)

States that an adult basic education teacher is not only a teacher of subject matter, but also a teacher of how to live, succeed, and solve problems. Provides a review of the development of typical coping and defense mechanisms used by students in response to inner and outer pressures. (NRJ)

A two factor theory of death anxiety is presented in this paper. It is suggested that degree of death anxiety is produced both by one's state of psychological health and by one's experiences regarding the topic of death. Treatment implications are discussed. (Author)

The following study sought to determine the psychological impact of the events of September 11th on citizens living about 3,000 miles away from New York in a rural section of the inland Pacific Northwest. To assess reactions a 6-page questionnaire was administered to 126 respondents. The results indicated an increased level of worries and anxiety…

This paper reviews the literature on the subject of forgiveness and suggests clinical implications for the treatment of adolescent offenders. Although research has been done in the areas of forgiveness, no studies have been conducted with adolescent offenders. This dearth of information points to a gap in understanding the role of forgiveness in…

To meet the need for a situational measure of guilt, the Perceived Guilt Index, a self-report measure of experiential guilt, was developed. The index represents an attempt to quantify common verbal labels used to communicate the intensity of emotional relations to guilt. Construct validity studies indicated strong support for the theory underlying…

This study was designed to determine if anxiety in intermediate grade school children would influence their perceptual reading pattern of word phrases. Higher anxiety scores significantly limited student perceptions among 3-, 4-, and 5-word length phrases. (Author)

The results of the current study, as well as the Zimmer and Cowles (1972) study using quite different procedures, involved a comparison of client-centered, gestalt, and rational therapies and do not support the conclusion that therapeutic relationships tend to be characteristically the same. Theoretical orientation as operationalized by…

The theory as it relates to occupational classification and Holland's scheme of consistent patternings was supported. However, no evidence was found to support the hypothesis that congruent, consistent, and homogeneous personality patterns are more closely related to high training achievement than are noncongruent, inconsistent, and heterogeneous…

A description of a mediational model to explain the effectiveness of desensitization and a discussion of the available corroborative research findings for this alternative explanation are given. Also, specific procedural modifications for systematic desensitization are suggested. (Author)

Sketches a theory of motivation from a phenomenological basis carrying it through the psychological experience to actual physical movement. The theory is based on the assumption that motives are not efficient but final causes and that the living being himself is the efficient cause of his actions. (Author/CJ)

This research illustrates one of the facets of the cognitive system of repressors and sensitizers and confirms Byrne's hypotheses concerning differential perceptual systems at the respective R-S levels. (Author)

Two hypotheses about Holland's personality types were investigated. The first was that counseling outcomes are likely to be different for clients with different personality types. The second was that counseling is likely to be more effective for clients with consistent personality patterns. Neither hypothesis was supported. (Author)