This research was an ex-post-facto analysis to determine underlying causes, events and variables in the psychological and social driving forces behind outstanding achievement of a selected group of American sportswomen. (Author/RK)

Clients (N=408) reported receiving the most help on medical and vocational problems from doctors and rehabilitation counselors respectively, and the most help with personal, social, and family problems from family and friends. These results and the potential use of nonprofessionals or lay persons in the rehabilitation process are discussed.…

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Retrospective reports on stressful life events and a measure of internal-external locus of control orientation were analyzed. Findings indicated (a) affectively significant, recalled life stresses (preschool) were related to strong external control orientation in adulthood; and (b) recalled positive life stresses tended to be related to strong…

The Minnesota Teacher Attitude Inventory (MTAI) and the Sixteen Personality Factors Questionnaire (16PF) were administered to 395 undergraduate teachers-in-training. The MTAI and the 16PF contained three related factors accounting for 41 percent of their total variance. It was concluded that teachers' attitudes toward their pupils are determined…

Discusses the importance of, and ways to achieve, good communication and honesty between engineers in a working situation to maximize productivity. (MLH)

Recent research in adult personality and social development suggests that adults experience predictable transitional and stable periods. The implications for counseling psychologists' work with adult clients are discussed. Counseling psychologists are encouraged to adopt a more positive view of roles that crises play in adult personality and…

The Kinesthetic Aftereffect (KAE) has been criticized as a personality measure because of its poor retest reliability and questionable validity. However, KAE's lower reliabilty can be explained by systematic bias effects occuring in pretesting. When the validity evidence is reevaluated in this light, "questionable" validity disappears.…

The optimal method of teaching reading to adolescents is one in which substance and format are designed to aid in confronting issues that engage and influence the homeostatic exchange between primary drives and secondary drives. A set of guidelines for developing an effective program is outlined. (Author)

The article not only establishes the salient dimensions of self-concept in adults, but also considers whether these dimensions change over time. Data were gathered from a 70-item adjective checklist, administered twice, with a five-year interval. Data revealed that dimensional change was too often ignored. (LPG)

As part of a program evaluation, measures were made of the following variables predictive of the residents' performance in the program: personality traits; attitude toward psychiatry, willingness to treat psychological problems, preprogram interview performance, length of commitment to pediatrics, and frequency of interaction with teachers in the…

A total of 116 medical students entering the University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio in 1975 were given the Jackson Personality Research Form (PRF) during their medical school orientation period. Mean scores are shown and differences between student group and resident group are noted. (LBH)

The symptoms of, and possible treatments for 21 borderline and psychotic adolescents who had suffered from borderline psychoses in childhood were examined from a developmental point of view. It was concluded that therapeutic possibilities exist. Some childhood symptoms could be used directly in treatment, while others disappeared with general…

In a series of studies, women exhibiting the motive to avoid success were generally career-oriented but aspired to traditional female occupations. Women not exhibiting this motive were more likely to choose atraditional female occupations. Maternal employment patterns, personality variables, and self concept also differed in the two groups.…