Assessed whether accounting for variables in the scoring of the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS) would improve the predictive validity of the inventory. Results from 107 sets of questionnaires showed that income and level of education are significant predictors of the capacity to cope with stress. (JAC)

Studied neuropsychological recovery following alcohol abuse as a function of age. Alcoholics (N=31) were administered a repeatable neuropsychological test battery for the three months immediately following cessation of drinking. Results suggest that beyond age 40, humans increase in vulnerability to the toxic effects of alcohol. (JAC)

Argues that, in the assessment of school "effects," multiple indicators of school effectiveness are required, including scholastic attainment, classroom behavior, absenteeism, attitudes to learning, continuation in education, employment, and social functioning. Assesses empirical evidence on the extent to which schools may be effective…

Investigated divorce among parents (N=113) of mentally retarded/genetically handicapped children and found a divorce rate significantly lower than the general population. Young parents of handicapped first born males and older mothers of handicapped first borns were at a higher risk of divorce. (Author/JAC)

Evaluated the extent to which demographic variables were effective in predicting job satisfaction of rehabilitation counseling graduates (N=72). Job satisfaction was conceptualized as multidimensional and was measured by a discrepancy score. Sex was the only significant predictor of job satisfaction, with females more satisfied than males. The…

Explored sex differences in preferences for work attributes utilizing data from five national samples (N=7,281). The results indicated only minimal sex differences. Both sexes identified meaningfulness of the work as most important followed by promotion, income, security, and hours. Education, occupational prestige, age and one's commitment were…

A previous study by Edwards and Waters (1982) was replicated and extended by incorporating a personal needs/college climate discrepancy index and a voluntary/nonvoluntary attrition breakdown. The use of undifferentiated, nonvoluntary, and voluntary attrition criteria yielded substantially different results in both the predictors of attrition and…

The relationship of each of three selected predictors (1) self-reported confidence in knowledge of research competencies, (2) importance attached to them, and (3) attitude toward educational research to a non-traditional criterion measure showed no significant correlation. The psychometric characteristics of the non-traditional criterion involved…

Frey's analysis of White city-to-suburbs movement was replicated using 1974-76 data on Black outmovement. Results indicated that low outmovement by Blacks (attributed to actual or anticipated racial discrimination against them) better explained the higher rates of outmovement by Whites than did Black-White socioeconomic differences or White…

Studied the effect of satisfaction with transmittal of information on general job satisfaction in a survey of 822 police officers. Results indicated the association between job satisfaction and communication satisfaction was not as strong as hypothesized. Communication with immediate supervisor was rated as most important. (Author/JAC)

Assessed the theoretical and practical utility of adolescent alcohol expectancies against demographic/background variables in the prediction of adolescent drinking (N=1,580). Results showed that expectancies equalled and added to the predictive power of the background variables. Adolescents who drank in a social manner expected alcohol to enhance…

Describes a model of risk potential for developmental outcome that was based on cardiac, medical, surgical, and family stress factors in 31 children with transposition of the great arteries. All children had undergone reparative open heart surgery utilizing cardiopulmonary bypass during infancy. (Author/RH)

Factors most likely to predict teenage smoking are defined, based on a study of 6th through 12th grade students. The importance of social factors--the number of best friends who smoke, whether parents and siblings smoke--is stressed. (PP)

Surveyed 27 mothers to study the development of positive perception of their newborn infant. Results showed the relationship between prenatal attitudes and infant perception was related to mothers' age, mothers' tendency to use informational cues of infant behavior, and emotional upheaval mothers anticipate with the infant's arrival. (WAS)

Investigated the influence of reading time and words read per minute on the literal and interpretative comprehension of primary school students in Nigeria. (FL)