After distinguishing between sex-role typing, socialization, and identification, a sample of male and female adults were grouped according to their sex role and socialization pattern. It was noted that sex-role typing for men appears to expand the personal options available to them; for women, sex-role typing seems to restrict the alternatives of…

A Social Interest Index was developed to measure the level of social interest an individual has attained. Social interest was viewed as the willingness to contribute and cooperate within the areas of four life tasks (works, friendship, love, and self-significance). Findings relate the level of social interest to the variables of sex, socioeconomic…

Results supported the hypothesis that underachievers are significantly more likely to report and display "irresponsible behaviors arising from impulsivity and anxiety over achievement in work situations. (Author)

The California Psychological Inventory includes a masculinity femininity measure, Fe. Although the test author suggests that Fe is positively related to intelligence for females but negatively for males, a review of the literature fails to substantiate this claim. Correlation of Fe and intellectual measures is low in magnitude and is not different…

A study of eight clients of Goodwill Industries of Lubbock, Texas concludes that the use of group counseling in a rehabilitative facility can assist clients in enhancing their self-concept and improving their work satisfactoriness. (EA)

This study represents an attempt to examine ways in which anxiety, achievement and affiliation motivation and dogmatism influence the academic performance of undergraduates under structured instructional conditions. Provides evidence for the notion that Ss' personality patterns do influence academic achievement under the conditions described in…

This paper analyzes selected films and filmstrips (according to five broad classifications: biology, family life, social development, personality, and social issues) as part of a larger study defining the specific subject matter of sex education. The amount of attention given to the topics of reproduction, fertilization and birth processes,…

Black, Mexican-American, and white high school students responded to a questionnaire as they thought one of the other group would respond. Data suggests that blacks and Mexican-Americans are more aware of each other's personality characteristics than those of the white students. (Author/KM)

The sexuality of exceptional persons is examined in relation to changes in social attitudes and reasons for providing sex education and guidance. (MC)

The purpose of this research was to determine the specific behaviors and cues which 104 assessors perceived as indicating the presence of psychological variables shown to be related to competent job behavior. Implications of the lack of correlation of cue utilization with assessor characteristics are discussed. (Author)

SVIB profiles of 1169 freshmen entering a college of engineering were grouped according to total occupational scale profile similarity into 28 code types. The investigators concluded that SVIB profile types can be useful in acting as moderator variables to predict student characteristics, and that total profile analysis of the SVIB occupational…

To determine the effect of chronic marihuana smoking on cognitive functions, personality traits, and social values, a group of heavy marihuana smokers was compared with a matched control group. (Author)

Article examines the contradictory results found in replication regarding an earlier study investigating the relationship between counselor level of self-actualization and level of interpersonal functioning with clients. (Author/RK)

The present study was designed to investigate the relationship between field dependence-independence as measured by the RFT (Rod and Frame Test) and management style as measured by a number of questionnaire and situational instruments. (Author/RK)