Results of this study reveal that professionals have a higher level of moral development, and counselor training has no effect on moral development. (Author)

Seven Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) items distinguish alcoholics in treatment from normals and psychiatric patients. These items have substantial face validity. MMPI scales developed as screening devices for alcoholism did not discriminate the alcoholics in treatment and the psychiatric patients as strongly as did these seven…

Using locus of control personality scores from a sample of White adults, with education and income controlled, this study found that divorced persons were significantly more internal than married persons. The cross-sectional data does not unravel the issue of causal direction. (Author)

In-fashion versus out-of-fashion and concealing versus exposing were clothing dimensions most salient to differentiating teaching style groups. Social interaction types rated themselves more out-of-fashion, demanding fewer external symbols of personal characteristics such as fashionable clothing. (Author/BEF)

The individual must assume the main responsibility for personal development and life planning, which includes making career decisions that sustain and enhance the sense of self. (SK)

Discusses the results of a correctional education program which appears to lead to a reduced rate of return to prison. The operation of the program is based on the moral development models and attitude change theories of Piaget, Kohlberg, and others. (SK)

Provides evidence that the significance given to the infant-mother attachment and personality and social development is not warranted. Infants normally develop attachments to more than one person. Their interpersonal world is complex and includes fathers and other caretakers. (Author/JAC)

Previous research found that an innovative educational program had a negative effect on participants' personality development. For the replication, control subjects increased their scores on three out of 19 scales while program praticipants' scores remained the same. When retested one year later, there were no significant differences. (Author)

Female relationships are described as more intense, demonstrative, exclusive, and nurturant than male. Male relationships are more likely to be based on enjoyable companionship and similarity in attitudes. The relationship is important enough to development that lack of a close friend should be viewed as a deficit. (Author)

American and Pakistani college and high school students rated self and 15 significant others on a rating scale. Results demonstrated substantial cross-cultural generality of psychosocial characteristics attributed to self and others and significant cultural differences in self-esteem and esteem of others as well as other reported results.…

Married couples rated their marital satisfaction and played interpersonal competitive games which revealed the success with which they interacted. Younger husbands who scored more maturely on the Stewart measure of psychosocial maturity belonged to more successful marriages, as did college-educated wives who showed less immaturity and more phallic…

Compares job selection attributes considered important by employers and by college students. Oral communication and motivation ranked highest in both groups. In other traits, employers emphasized values while students listed more superficial gregarious traits. Activities that show leadership and loyalty should be emphasized in resumes. (JAC)

Women medical students indicated that wanting to serve others, independence, and interest in science were strong motivations for entering medicine. Women, more often than men, cited the challenge of a medical career and high occupational prestige; they were also more likely to have been discouraged from entering medicine. (Author)

Course evaluations analyzed to discover factors affecting learning indicate that expectations, learning style, and personality are major factors. It is suggested that learning is strongly influenced by these student characteristics and parallel factors in courses and teachers. (MSE)

Arguments associated with trait psychology are reviewed with an application in the field of sport psychology. The role of cognition and perception in sport and physical activities is also discussed. (CJ)