Reviews various methods for predicting college success: correlation of students' high school grades, achievement test scores, and class rank with characteristics of the institution to be attended; examination of demographic variables such as age, sex, birth order, income, parents' education, religious and ethnic background, and geographic factors;…

Interviews with and observations of 43 teachers in a suburban high school in New York State provided data used to test a model of teacher stress and burnout based on Teacher Performance-Motivation Theory. Results indicated that decreases in teachers' job involvement actually increased the probability of teacher burnout. (PGD)

An analysis of underlying factors in dental school grades focuses on basic science, dental science, and manual skills. Dental science factors are least clearly defined and are developed during professional training. Basic science and manual skills show a more complex involvement and may account for some difficulties in prediction studies.…

Two tests of field dependence-independence (the Embedded Figures Test and Inverted Tracing Test) are examined as potential predictors of student clinical performance. Results suggest that field-independent students may have an advantage in the clinical dental curriculum. (Author/MSE)

Variables from an earlier study on the attitudes of women entering into previously male-dominated military craft occupations were factor analyzed to construct and validate measurement scales for role stereotypes and socialization factors. The analysis supports previous findings of a relationship between perceived job performance and stereotyped…

Research among ethnic qroups in Toronto, Canada, revealed assimilationist tendencies in ethnic identification, as measured according to behavioral indicators like residence choice, language use, friendship patterns, intermarriage, and ethnic community involvement. However, attitudinal measures indicated support for pluralism, suggesting a…

Presents the drastic effects that selection on several variables can sometimes have on the validity of predictor variables. Discusses practical implications of correcting correlations for selection effects and reporting results of validity studies. (Author)

Follow-up data are presented for 6- and 12-months on male alcoholics (N=20) who received either a multifaceted inpatient alcoholism treatment program alone (controls) or emetic or shock aversion therapy in addition to that program. Both emetic and control subjects compiled more days of abstinence than shock subjects. (Author)

A maximum likelihood logistic probability model was applied to delineate the effects of individual and environmental attributes on victimization. Data came from a National Crime Survey. Logit analysis revealed that characteristics of both the victim and the environment have fairly consistent effects on the likelihood of personal victimization.…

Investigated predictors of drug treatment retention of individual clients in terms of a contextual model. Found that the socioecological variables predicted the types of clients that entered treatment in terms of clinic level (aggregate) variables, and these predicted the corresponding individual level client variables and client outcomes. (Author)

Performed statistical analyses on Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory results of 231 Black and 231 White male and female psychiatric patients matched for sex, age, residence, employment, years of education, marital status, socioeconomic status, and hospital status. Results indicated no differences beyond chance for any of the dependent…

Examined psychological symptoms among 310 recently separated men and women. Analysis indicated that socio-demographic variables generally are unrelated to symptom expression. Results suggest that the symptomatology of divorcing persons can be partitioned into disruptive conditions encountered in divorce and those which may reflect characteristics…

Reexamined variables--parental status, age at first court contact, amount of pretreatment delinquency, age at admission, diagnosis, and intelligence estimates--that have been associated with recidivism of delinquent adolescents. The results provided additional support for the association of age and cognitive variables with premature treatment…

Examined the moderating effect of sex on the contribution of specific job characteristics as sources of general job satisfaction. A survey of over 2,000 public employees showed only minimal sex differences. Supervision was more important to females. Females also tended to be more satisfied with their salaries. (JAC)

A survey concerning external funding for research for the 338 member institutions of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) is summarized. Results indicate that institutions successful in obtaining outside funds tend to place more emphasis on graduate teaching and internally and externally funded research. (Author/MLW)