The Minnesota Studies in Vocational Rehabilitation report continuing research on the general problem of adjustment to work. Work adjustment is predicted by matching an individual's work personality with work environments, and satisfaction by how well abilities and needs correspond to reinforcers in the work environment. This volume presents…

We are concerned with the hypothesis that two variables have a perfect disattenuated correlation, hence measure the same trait except for errors of measurement. This hypothesis is equivalent to saying, within the adopted model, that true scores of two psychological tests satisfy a linear relation. A statistical test of this hypothesis is derived…

This paper presents a screening procedure for potential teachers of speech that encourages self-appraisal and provides an opportunity for the students to remove himself from the program. The author briefly examines past efforts to predict the performance of potential teachers; reviews qualities to be looked for in effective speech teachers; and…

A publication concerning the out of school or day care of children from ages six to fourteen is presented. It is pointed out that all good day care programs share at least two features: (1) They add to and strengthen the kind of care and guidance provided by parents; and (2) They aim at providing the child with experiences which will encourage the…

The author tests the proposition that an educational program containing a minimum amount of failure will help the student to achieve a favorable self-attitude. Based on the belief that early experience of success leads to a healthy self-concept, it is hypothesized that children in an Individually Prescribed Instruction Program (IPI) should have a…

The state of the art monograph on research trends in deafness reviews 60 research studies concerning the deaf sponsored by the Social and Rehabilitation Service. The first of four major sections focuses upon research trends in occupational conditions of deaf people and reviews both research and program experimentation studies. The second section,…

The Minnesota Personality Profile II used as a test of construct validity for the Barber Self-Regard Scales--Preschool. Before analysis of data, hypotheses were arrived at concerning predicted relationships between the two instruments. Fifty-two correlation coefficients were predicted as significant or nonsignificant statistically. Hypotheses were…

This study investigates the parent-child relationship antecedents of a multidimensional model of moral character among late adolescents. The model posits that the configuration of five character dimensions explains the moral behavior displayed by an individual. The dimensions are moral knowledge, socialization, empathy, autonomy and ethical…

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory admission and remission profiles were compared in a group of 34 patients hospitalized for depression. Relatively normal profiles for the bipolar group and abnormal profiles for the unipolar group significantly differentiated the two groups at admission, but, with one exception, the differences dissipated…

Suggests that stability level of an individual and the community in which he operates is directly related to a child's sense of control and consequently his achievement in school. Findings indicate that for whites, community stability is positively and significantly related to sense of control, with the inverse for blacks. (Author/AM)

Changes in level of actualizing among counselor trainees at the Master's degree level as measured by the Personality Orientation Dimensions were examined. It was concluded that the instrument was sensitive to those changes. (Author/JKS)

Describes 16 psychological types that result from the interaction of four mental powers described by G. G. Jung and the attitudes in which they are expressed. The relevance of psychological type to choice of careers in science and disposition to prefer theoretical or applied emphases are also discussed. (HM)

Examines the personality attributions made of a second speaker when (1) he reciprocated or failed to reciprocate the intimacy level of a disclosure made by an initial speaker and when (2) he matched or failed to match the initial speaker's level of language intensity. (Authors)

College freshmen who participated in a field-based exploratory career experience gained increased knowledge of self and an in-depth knowledge of a career. (Ed.)