The scale reliability distinguished persons who had experienced psychotherapeutic help from those without such professional contact. Factor analyses were conducted on three independent samples and revealed four dimensions of the attitude: recognition of need for psychological help, stigma tolerance, interpersonal openness, and confidence in mental…

This research constitutes a preliminary attempt to study the procedural variable of differential spacing of desensitization sessions. (Author)

The results of this study show that laboratory training facilitates constructive process change in the anxiety expression of individuals who are receiving individual personal counseling for anxiety reduction. (Author)

In the study reported here, feelings of alienation, as measured by Keniston's (1968) Alienation Scale, were generally found to decrease as a result of particularized group experience. (Author)

Describes rationale, development, and validation of the Psychological Screening Inventory (PSI), intended as a brief screening device for use in mental health related settings where time and psychological skills may be at a premium. (Author)

The author offers a program for a group of irresponsible, uncommitted, unproductive, and generally maladjusted boys. The program aims at increased school attendance, improved grades, increased peer acceptance, decreased school suspension, increased willingness to accept legitimate authority and increased educational and vocational aspirations.…

Suggests that an evaluation of the questions asked in inquiry training episodes may not reflect the logical progression of steps designed to formulate explanations or hypotheses, but also depend on students' disposition towards approval, tendency to minimize risk, and motivation by external factors. Studies of inquiry behavior should include…

Item responses for the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) were contrasted for a group of introverts and extraverts. A scale was constructed for the SVIB to measure a dimension of occupational introversion extraversion (OIE). Test retest reliability of the OIE was ofthe same magnitude as the other SVIB scales. Occupations were then ranked on…

The results of this study on sex differences in responses to psychosexual stimualtion showed that the activation of sexual behavior for both men and women was approximately of the same strength. (Author/KJ)

The results of this study which investigated several personality attributes of 140 vocational rehabilitation clients in relation to their locus of control, showed that internals and externals showed significant mean differences on their ability to work with others, cooperation, self reliance, work tolerance, and other factors. (Author)

This article summarizes the theory of early recollections in a way that suggests its adaptation to current practice in counseling and psychotherapy. (Author)