This study investigated the relationship between the temporal-acoustic parameters of the speech of 15 adults with motor neuron disease. Differences in predictions of the progression of the disease and clinician judgments of dysarthria severity were found to relate to the linguistic systems of both speaker and judge. (Author/JDD)

Examined cross-sectional differences in fathers' involvement with their adolescent children, using data from National Survey of Children. Focused on 184 sibling pairs and identified factors associated with variability both within and between sibships. Found gender composition, birth order, education of father, and wife's report of marital…

Used data from 1982 New Beneficiary Survey to examine financial stress in retirement for highly committed women workers. Separate regressions were conducted for married and unmarried women, with attention paid to impact of gender-segregated jobs. Results suggest relative importance of work history and sociodemographic variables as predictors of…

Study of 436 adults showed that job and occupational change were not significantly related to person-work environment fit or job satisfaction at intake. At ywo-year follow-up, those who changed jobs/occupations were significantly more satisfied than nonchangers. (SK)

Discusses the use of behavioral simulations to study the processes that underlie strategy formulation and implementation. Seven behavioral simulations that attempt to mirror top management interactions in an organization are described and compared; research measures used are discussed; and implications for studies of strategic processes are…

Discusses Spolsky's "Conditions for Second Language Learning" (1989). It is suggested that a coordinated program of research on Spolsky's model of second-language learning would benefit from an understanding of the variable relationships to be explored in relation to the conditions for learning. (37 references) (JL)

Eleven male triathletes were studied to determine the relationships between selected metabolic measurements and triathalon performance. Oxygen uptake, pulmonary ventilation, and heart rate were measured during freestyle swimming, cycling, and treadmill running. Economy of effort was an important determinant of performance. (JD)

Measures of likability, knowledge of emotion, prosocial and aggressive behavior, peer competence, and expressed emotions of happiness and anger of 65 subjects between 33 and 56 months of age supported the notion of early development of stable peer reputations and the hypothesized centrality of emotion-related predictors of likability. (RH)

Usable responses from 296 secondary marketing education teachers in Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee regarding the capacity of rewards to predict the work satisfaction and organizational commitment found that task involvement was the most important variable. Supervision did not predict satisfaction but was significant regarding…

Finds that use of new television technologies (cable television, videocassette recorders, and remote control devices) had an impact on receiving, pass-the-time, and companionship gratifications from television viewing. Shows that instrumental viewing motives, television exposure, and receiving informational gratifications from television viewing…

According to a survey of career commitment in 3 stages among 396 managers/professionals in Singapore, career satisfaction was significant in the stability stage and organizational commitment in the maintenance stage. Commitment was positively related to skill development and negatively related to career withdrawal intentions. (SK)

Analysis of responses from 429 nurses (of 1,284 surveyed) showed that educational experience, not age, was the better predictor of their preference for structure in educational settings. Practicing nurses with more postsecondary education preferred less structure. (SK)

Scores on the Watson Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal and other data from 96 students in an auditing class were subjected to multiple regression analysis. Students with higher scores and grade point averages (GPAs) performed better on the third and fourth exams; only GPA predicted performance on the first two exams. Age and gender were not…

Retrospective parental reports of earlier "twin language" were obtained for 82 twin pairs (ages 7 to 13), in which at least one twin had a speech-language impairment, and 94 control twin pairs. Parental report of twin language was higher for children with speech-language impairments than for those with normal language. (Author/CR)

Predictability of graduation from the Community College of the Air Force was studied in a sample of 518 master sergeants. Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) electronics scores and gender were significant predictors; age, ethnicity, major, and ASVAB mechanical, administrative, and general scores were not. (SK)