Under the assumption that environments differ, a residence hall staff evaluation instrument was constructed based on residence life goals and student needs in a small liberal arts college. From a survey of all residents, a multivariate analysis of the responses provided a means for operationalizing staff effectiveness. (Author)

This article outlines the development of a research model for the Client-Counselor Interaction, Patterns of Service, and Client Outcome Project--a study presently taking place in 13 state rehabilitation agencies which addresses the question: What types of counselors, working with what types of clients, effect what types of outcomes? (Author)

The observation and reporting should be a method for aiding the individual child to become aware of his own maturity in relation to definite clear-cut group goals. (GB)

The purpose of this paper is to suggest that attitudes toward others, as well as attitudes of others, may play a role in self-image development. Data analysis from a cross-sectional sampling clarifies and measures self esteem, perceived self, and interpersonal valuation. (Author/KM)

Fifteen college students participated in a 24-hour marathon group and responded to the Internal-External Scale immediately before and after the experience. The results disclosed significant positive change at the .001 level in perceived locus of internal-external control of reinforcement expectancies in the direction of increased internality.…

In this study, junior high students receive group desensitization for their problems of test anxiety; improvement was measured by changes in grade point average. (Author)

Results of cross-tabulations and of the regression analysis seem to indicate that attitudes toward the familial institution are related most directly to the nature of the interaction between parents and children in the latter's family of orientation. (Author)

In two experiments involving a two-choice marble dropping game children responded more to social control than to the magnitude of the reward. (ST)

Mexican-American, Negro, and Anglo-American children participating in a two-person, two-choice game, showed that similar female ethnic pairs cooperated significantly more than dissimilar pairs; that females in the three groups differed significantly in the amount of cooperative behavior, and that reinforcement did not affect cooperative behavior.…

Results of four experiments assessing the contributions of rehearsal, modeling, and coaching to an experimental assertion-training program are reported. (Author)

Three experiments extended the 1971 findings of J. S. Reitman that Ss presented with 3 words could spend 15 sec. detecting tones in white noise without forgetting the three words. (Editor)

Social exchange theory is used to formulate hypotheses about superior-subordinate relations in large complex organizations. Data from self-administered questionnaires are used to support the hypotheses derived from the theoretical model and suggest the utility of further research using social exchange theory. (Author)

This study proposed to formulate an instrument to help the adolescent make a self-evaluation, and to acquire some self-understanding. (Author)

Author proposes four steps utilizing the behavioral sciences to identify and resolve employee productivity problems. (Editor)