Describes positive and negative aspects of employment and unemployment in a balance sheet framework. Discusses the value of the balance sheet approach in understanding individual differences in reactions to unemployment. (Author/KS)

Evaluated construct and discriminant validity of Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) for large child and adolescent sample of clinical inpatients and demographically comparable nonreferred subjects. Three factors entered a significant discrimination function. Depressive Affect and Oppositional Behavior distinguished depressive and…

Compared university students enrolled or not enrolled in women's studies courses. Used three pre- and post-course measures--the Bem Sex Role Inventory, the Rokeach Dogmatism Scale, and the Sex Role Stereotype Questionnaire--to determine course-inspired changes in attitude or identity. Women's studies enrollees proved less needful of…

Treatment of a sexually abused woman who lacked a sense of autonomy and self-worth is described in the context of entitlement, the transient sense of being an exception to ordinary rules of morality and ethics. Entitlement in this case was considered a developmental stage of autonomy and independence of the body. (Author/JDD)

This study examined whether there were significant relationships between the climate college teachers established in their classes and their scores on measures of personality stress or their perceptions of the family environment in which they were raised. Forty college teachers and 1,265 of their students were surveyed. Results are discussed.…

Summarizes results of meta-analysis on findings of 41 different studies, yielding 77 correlation coefficients between measures of personality-environment congruence and well-being. Demonstrates congruence-achievement and congruence-stability correlations of .06 and .15 respectively, and a mean congruence-satisfaction correlation of .21, and after…

Explored the psychometric properties of the Mississippi Scale for Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder to assess its internal consistency and factor structure. Administered the test to Vietnam veterans seeking help at Veteran Centers. Demonstrated high test-retest reliability, sensitivity of .93, specificity .89, and overall hit rate .90…

Examined the relationship of individual and composite measures of child competence with family background and adult ratings of psychopathology. Children scoring high on a composite competence index were rated by parents and teachers as showing fewer problems. Composite measures related more strongly to parent and teacher ratings than did single…

Determined that special Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) scales (the Dissimulation and the Obvious and Subtle subscales) were slightly more effective in discriminating between malingering and genuinely disturbed male prison inmates than were standard MMPI scales. Found students', clinicians', and experts' interpretations…

Contrasts the narrative strategies of two books, Carol Gilligan's "In a Different Voice" and George Eliot's "The Mill on the Floss." Argues that the narrative voice of both is similar, but Eliot has a clearer realization of the limits imposed on women's voice. Gilligan counsels synthesis of the male and female voice, but Eliot…

Examined relationship of field independence learning style, and decision-making style to college students' (N=300) personality types as classified by Holland's Occupational Classification (HOC) System. Found five significant results when HOC group membership was based on choice of college major and occupation for students satisfied with their…

Examined the relation between procrastination and academically related trait measures. Self-reported procrastination was positively correlated with delay in taking self-paced quizzes and negatively correlated with grade point average. High procrastinators, particularly women, were significantly more likely to report more test anxiety and to…

A recent study of the administrative characteristics, attitudes toward leadership and management, and personal and professional background of college presidents named by their peers as effective chief executives is reported. (MSE)

This article seeks to investigate a religious personality--Frederick Denison Maurice--with particular reference to his Principalship of the Working Men's College. The article analyzes Maurice's intellectual personality, insofar as it elucidates his contribution to education. (Author/CT)

Rational, intuitive, fatalistic, and dependent decision makers were compared on how much they learned from a rational decision-making training intervention. Individuals who had been highly impulsive, dependent, or fatalistic in prior course selections and those who exhibited dependency in prior job choices appeared to learn most from the rational…