The linear relationship between intellectual commitment to running and psychobiological dependence upon running is examined. A sample of 540 regular runners (running frequency greater than three days per week for the past year for the majority) was surveyed with a questionnaire. Measures of commitment and dependence on running, as well as…

KNOWLEDGE OF PSYCHOANALYTIC EGO PSYCHOLOGY CAN BE USED BY EDUCATORS TO PROMOTE MORE EFFECTIVE TEACHING OF CHILDREN IN THE GROUP SETTING OF THE CLASSROOM. THIS THEORY WAS THE BASIS OF THE TEACHERS TRAINING PROGRAM ESTABLISHED BY THE CHICAGO INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOANALYSIS. THE PROGRAM INVOLVED FIVE SEMINARS AT WHICH TEACHERS PRESENTED CASE SUMMARIES…

The responses of a laboratory subject (S) to a counselor-accomplice and to the psychological treatment situation are examined by manipulating experimentally interpersonal attraction and communication discrepancy. Four treatment conditions were set up: (1) topic similarity and positive attraction for counselor, (2) topic discrepancy and positive…

The author examines the loneliness of dying for the person facing death and for his or her loved ones. He also discusses the agony of grieving, be it for the death of a loved one, the loss of a marriage, or even the termination of a life-fulfilling position. (Author)

The author examines the psychological effects of winning and losing on children and discusses ways to reduce the emphasis on winning in youth sports programs. (MJB)

The author discusses several organizational and individual factors that lead to loss of motivation and explains how the psychological contract between employer and employee which is made during the initial interview is a critical factor. The demotivation process is more specifically examined as a sequential process including confusion, anger,…

This study investigated reactions to the death of a similar or dissimilar person. Results of a viewing time measure indicated that people spent less time viewing the victim's pictures when he was dead and similar. The limitations of the paradigm were discussed. (Author)

This study investigated the effect of marital roles by comparing sex differences in death anxiety scores of married persons with and without children, and of single persons. Marital status was not significantly related to death anxiety. (Author)

In general, the present study finds cross-cultural agreement between American children and Baganda children and adults on the recognition of happy and sad expressions. The happy expression is more easily identified by young children than the sad expression. (Author/AM)

Illustrates the stimulus addiction chain experienced by a substance addicted person and recommends that substance abuse treatment agencies provide low-stimulus activity by controlling their use of high-stimulus structure and high-level recreational stimulus producers. Suggests quiet activities to help regulate stimulus and reinforce reflectiveness…

Children 5 to 15 years old answered questions on causal attributions of their own and their mothers' emotions, and methods for inferring and changing maternal emotion. Parents were asked reciprocal questions. (PCB)

Discusses the interactive nature of adult illiteracy and emotional maladjustment. Specific emphasis is placed on describing a series of psychological barriers to learning: ambivalence about success; fear of risk taking; overdependence on authority figures; tension; defensive dominance; and intrusive memories of poor learning experiences. A group…

Presents patterns of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) to aid counselors in identifying and intervening in this chronic, cyclical disorder, which can be life-threatening to adolescents. Describes barriers to identifying adolescent PMS, explains how to recognize PMS in adolescents, and gives reasons that adolescents with PMS need mental health…

Examines Kubler-Ross' five stages of grief (denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance) as they are experienced not by terminally ill persons, but by 20 criminal offenders and their families during incarceration. Concludes that shock of arrest and incarceration stimulates reactions similar to those of persons coping with terminal diagnosis.…

A recent article by Nicholls on achievement motivation is criticized on three points: (1) definitions of achievement motives are ambiguous; (2) behavioral consequences predicted do not follow from explicit theoretical assumptions; and (3) Nicholls's account of the relation between his theory and other achievement theories is factually incorrect.…