Notes that the many forms of suicidal phenomena (contemplated, attempted, and completed suicide) present significant problems to researchers and practitioners. Reviews theoretical and empirical efforts to define types of suicidal individuals and attempts to integrate them by means of higher-order categories of variables: (1) descriptive; (2)…

Simulated test data (N=864 artificial data sets) with four different error conditions were used to study the recovery characteristics of the beta-flexible clustering method. Conditions under which the beta-flexible method provides good recovery are discussed. (SLD)

Proposes a classification of elliptical utterances based on a pragmatic analysis of the intention in information seeking dialogs within natural language understanding (NLU) systems. The traditional classification of ellipsis is described, analysis of the dialogs is discussed, and implications for the design of NLU systems are suggested. (Contains…

It is argued that metaphors, rather than simply being comparison statements, are class-inclusion assertions in which the topic of the metaphor is assigned to a diagnostic category, This provides the basis of a metaphor comprehension theory and clarifies why metaphors are used instead of similes. (SLD)

In one of three studies, preschoolers judged that items that shared material properties, such as metal composition, would share dispositional properties, such as corrodibility in water, and that items of the same object type, such as baseball bats, would share functional properties, such as the ability to accelerate a baseball. (BC)

Responds to previous article by Wynkoop critiquing Moriarty's article of adolescent satanism. Notes that author's (Moriarty) previous article addresses satanism from perspective of differential diagnoses and that Wynkoop's critique cites number of improvements that author believes strengthens original article. Notes that some of Wynkoop's points…

Reviews history of psychiatric nosology and the use of interview data as a vehicle for formulating clinical inferences. Focuses on qualities of structured interviews as well as procedures for constructing these indices and methods for establishing their psychometric properties. Reviews practical and theoretical limitations relating to formal…

Categorized 56 patients with chronic schizophrenia into 2 groups based on traditional diagnostic subtypology. Compared groups on indices of cortical and subcortical cerebrospinal fluid (SCF) volume to explore whether more virulent nonparanoid disorder was linked to cortical/subcortical morphological brain abnormalities. Two groups differed…

Discusses research describing Web page and link classification systems resulting from a content analysis of over 75 Web pages. Topics include the decision-making processes of Web page authors and readers; syntactic analysis of labeled and isolated anchors; expansion and resource links; and where links lead. (Author/LRW)

Presents the findings of an empirical investigation of Internet shopping in Singapore. Compares Internet buying behavior between potential Internet buyers and non-Internet buyers, and concludes that the classification of different types of products and services will significantly influence consumer choice between a retail store and the Internet.…

Content analysis of data from 156 proteges identified 15 types of negative mentoring experiences clustered in five themes: mismatch within dyad, distancing behavior, manipulative behavior, lack of mentor expertise, and general dysfunctionality. Proteges reported negative mentoring most often when mentors had dissimilar attitudes, values, and…

Responds to Waldo and Bauman's Goals and Process matrix. Underscores the increasing value of standards for group work established by the Association for Specialists in Group Work in shaping group work training, practice, and research. Points out that standards are not intended to classify independent group offerings. Suggests alternative…

Authors respond to issues raised by commentators concerning their Goals and Process (GAP) matrix. Discuss themes apparent in several commentaries, including nomenclature, the need for a new model, complexity of the model, the omission of task/work groups, and revision of the Association for Specialists in Group Work's model. (Author/MKA)

Asserts that typological thinking, the belief that individual differences diverge around an underlying type of essence, has persisted regarding mental retardation and prevents the appreciation of individual differences and human dignity in the mental retardation field. Past and present controversies over the definition of mental retardation are…

Fourier analyses of children's behaviors were conducted over a sequence of five consecutive study/recall trials to identify temporal patterns. Findings pointed to a global strategy in which children learn the items' categories before learning them individually. There was little qualitative difference in temporal organization for second graders and…