This paper discusses the role conflict faced by men who are nurses, in the context of a discussion of social science definitions of male female roles. (Author)

The study results in two hypotheses. First, within the interpersonal domain an identifiable pattern of variables relevant to competence in psychiatry is discernible. Second, the higher scorer on this predictive pattern is a complex individual, ambivalent in his relationships to others, and characterized by both nurturant and antinurturant…

The results of the tests of the major hypotheses, that there would be positive interrelationships among programmed case accuracy, A''ness on the A-B scale, and the measures of role taking accuracy, indicate that the correlations were in the predicted direction though modest in magnitude. (Author)

Describes a population largely unknown to law enforcement personnel, the nonnarcotic drug abusers. Using data drawn from a study of ten such persons, the author presents a profile of this group. (Author)

Nonrecognition of the discrepancy between obvious and subtle items of the MMPI and failure to respond differentially to them were found to be significantly related in both normal and psychiatric sample groups. (Author)

In keeping with a learning theory approach, it is postulated that fear of examinations was a learned maladaptive pattern of behavior. Therefore, counter-conditioning through progressive relaxation and systematic desensitization was utilized to eliminate the maladaptive response in this case. (Author)

For both boys and girls, all adolescent effects are reversals of significant preadolescent effects. These reversals, predictive of adult health, can be commonly described as a change from a relatively tension-free or conflict-free preadolescence to a reactive and stressful adolescence. (Author)

If the spontaneous remission phenomenon is genuine rather than an artifact, remission should show a relationship to the length of time elapsed. Thirty analyses of variance, treating judges and diagnostic categories independently, produced no evidence for a relationship between lapse of time and improvement. (Author)

Author discusses the application of behavior modification techniques to certain disruptive behaviors. (MB)

Data from the California Psychological Inventory suggested that users were socially poised, open to experience, and concerned with the feelings of others. Conversely, they also seemed impulsive, pleasure seeking, and rebellious. Nonusers were responsible and rule abiding; however, they also tended to be inflexible, conventional, and narrow in…

Sexually aggressive males appear to have been subjected to developmental and socialization influences that leave them distrustful of women, generally aggressive, and with a high sexual urge. They are motivated to seek male associations which sanction their impulses and socially reward their conduct, enabling the aggressor to support his self…

It can be concluded that psychological needs are related to the expressed probable careers of college men, although the role of these needs is still unclear. Of the three occupations in this study, the needs of students preparing for law were the most distinctive. (Author)

In a case of claustrophobia and in another with fears of flying, Japanese defense activities of the Karate type proved to be effective counter conditioners of anxiety. They were used in the former case in vivo and in the later case both in imagination and in vivo. (Author)