In order to investigate the levels of self-acceptance of occupational and transfer students, a sample of 1,190 students enrolled in four Illinois community colleges were administered a personal data sheet and the Berger Self-Acceptance Scale (SAS). The data sheet recorded age (below 20, 21-25, and over 25), marital status (married or single), and…

A survey to determine the employment status of sociology majors who had graduated from Winona State University, Minnesota, between Spring 1969 and Summer 1975 is described. The vast majority of the 157 respondents were in the labor force; under six percent were unemployed at the time of the survey. Findings indicate that most graduates became…

Data from the Current Population Survey of 1971 are used in this paper to investigate the ways in which various population groups utilize their earnings capacity. The hypotheses tested in this paper are: (1) that groups are poor primarily because they fail to utilize their earnings potential effectively; and (2) that the high incidence of poverty…

The extent to which juvenile delinquents differ significantly from non-delinquents and probationary-delinquent adolescents in terms of self-esteem and self-concept levels, attitudes toward school, levels of school achievement and failure was investigated. Male students between the ages of 14 and 16 attending three schools in two towns in British…

QUESTIONNAIRES SENT TO 8,281 MALE GRADUATES OF 189 IOWA HIGH SCHOOLS FROM 1950 TO 1954 INVESTIGATED THE RELATIONSHIP OF SELECTED GEOGRAPHICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS TO THE OCCUPATIONS OF THE GRADUATES. THE FINAL POPULATION OF THE STUDY WAS 6,107 GRADUATES COMPOSED OF THOSE WHO HAD ENROLLED IN SIX OR MORE SEMESTERS…

This paper discusses the reinforcement and learning environment used in the educational rehabilitation of male juvenile delinquents in the CASE project conducted at the National Training School for Boys in Washington, D.C. Programed instruction and a system of extrinsic rewards are the experimental basis of this project. (LB)

Because the bulk of professional attention to middle-age change has concentrated on women, and because there is a need for data on differences in career options and alternatives between men and women, a study focused on the process of adult development, men-in-transition and adults experiencing discontinuity. Data were collected by means of (1) a…

As part of a larger investigation exploring the relationship between cognition and sex-role development, it was necessary to develop a large list of toys that could be considered sex typed (i.e., toys that were appropriate for only the male or for only the female sex; N = 48). To do so, 66 college students and 54 fourth graders were presented with…

The study was designed to examine the personal and professional characteristics related to change and nonchange orientations of adult educators. A personal data form consisting of personal characteristics (age and sex) and professional characteristics (years of experience in adult education, institution from which the doctorate was secured,…

Semi-rural first-married couples (N=29) seeking marital counseling from a small community mental health center were administered Cattell's Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF) as part of the intake procedure of the agency. Male and female mean scores for each of the 16 personality factors were derived and compared to the Cattell and…

A survey of 740 students at the University of California, Davis, was conducted in the spring quarter to provide the Physical Education Department with recent data on overall student interests, including a male/female comparison, and to document male and female athletic interests for Title IX purposes. Thirty- six sports offered in the athletic…

The studies reported in this paper had two purposes: (1) the construction of a measure of jealousy and (2) the use of this measure to test some of the prevalent beliefs concerning jealousy, thus providing construct validity data for the scale and expanding empirical understanding of jealousy. Using the rational approach to test construction, a…

In order to study part-time student data, every part-time student officially enrolled for the spring term, 1975, at Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC) in Pennsylvania was identified through college computerized records. Meanwhile, a comparison of enrollment trends was made from officially audited enrollment statistics covering the period…

The purpose of this paper was to discover if certain personal and social factors are related to selected career pattern features of male teachers in specified subject areas. The population of the study included 1212 male beginning teachers certified to teach mathematics, science, social studies, or English. Questionnaires were mailed to each. A…

This dissertation explored the extent and kind of sex-role stereotyping in popular, prestigious, and sex-role defining children's picture books printed between 1959 and 1972. The sample consisted of two categories of popular children's picture books, best-selling golden books and "New York Times" children's best-sellers, one category of Caldecott…