The frequency and types of physical touching that occurred between preschool teachers and children were observed in four classrooms, each of which contained a male and a female teacher. (JMB)

Authorities indicate people need to feel loved and to believe they are performing a worthwhile task before they can feel successful in today's society. Applying this dictum to teachers, discussion centers on interaction belonging, building self-worth, the real life of and staff member involvement with the lonely teacher, and solutions. (JC)

In this paper four situations illustrative of the problem of ethical content of the client/therapist relationship are presented: (1) providing clients with information to make informed decisions about therapy; (2) using contracts in therapy; (3) responding to clients' challenges to therapists' competence; and (4) handling clients' complaints.…

This paper summarizes the existing literature on the importance of the family meal in analyzing family interaction, presents the results of a naturalistic observational study of a normal (nonpathological) family, and identifies the implications of the study for research and therapy. (Author)

Describes the two-way interactive cable television experiment underway in Rockford (Illinois) providing in-service teacher training in the elementary schools in metric education and four areas of language arts--creative writing, listening skills, use of children's language experience in teaching, and creative dramatics. (JMF)

An examination of inclusion, control, and affection behaviors in the interrelationships of coaches and athletes revealed that inclusion was the predominant factor contributing to incompatibility in the dyads. (MJB)

Research into the police function, suggests that the emphasis on crime-related activities has failed to achieve crime reduction goals and may have exacerbated problems of police-citizen alienation and citizen fear of crime. In the future, police must abandon strategies which prevent extensive contact with citizens. (Author)

This study found that the level of nonverbal behavior had a significant effect on 39 out of 40 ratings made by professional interviewers. Dimensions most influenced by nonverbal behavior were enthusiasm/motivation, confidence in self, and persuasiveness. (Author)

This study investigated similarities and differences of response by male and female counselors-in-training to clients of their own and opposite sex. The Counseling Response Instrument (CRI) was administered to 127 participants. Although different response patterns were found, results were not in the direction of traditional sex-role stereotyping.…

Investigated variations in conceptual complexity level of counselor and client on counselor attraction to the client. Counselor trainees rated attractiveness of clients following two counseling analogue tasks in which the client was depicted as exhibiting high or low conceptual level. More complex clients are more attractive across both levels.…

Clients (N=24) and 16 therapists, including five client-therapist pairs, were interviewed on how issues of social sex-role stereotyping and sexual orientation arose and were dealt with in therapy. Results indicated that similarity of sexual orientation of client and therapist is related to positive psychotherapeutic outcomes. (Author)

Teachers should be trained to provide an educational environment encouraging academic and human growth for all students whatever their ethnic background may be. (JD)

Investigates communication openess by examining the responses of one hundred supervisor-subordinate pairs in a hierarchical setting, and concludes that both supervisors and subordinates favor responses which reflect communication openess. (MH)

Examines whether the use of a particular unit of interaction behavior enhances reliability in interaction analysis research. (Author)