Survey data were used to examine hypotheses about job size and satisfaction in a broad spectrum of jobs. Job size, higher-order need importance, urban-rural residence, and blue or white-collar job category were tested as predictors of satisfaction. Results are discussed in terms of three potential sources of variation in satisfaction: job, person,…

Assessment is made of the effectiveness of teachers' ratings and of a battery of cognitive and psychometric tasks in predicting achievement in reading and arithmetic in grades 1, 2, and 3. (Author/BW)

Studied multiple assessors and predictors of single criterion and combination criterion for disadvantaged and regular freshmen (maximum N=143). Computed were analyses of variance and multiple correlations and regressions. Results are discussed. (Author)

Vroom's expectancy theory model to predict older worker's choices between employment or retirement hypothesized that a person's preference would be a function of differences between instrumentality of employment and retirement for attainment of outcomes, multiplied by the valence of each outcome, summed over outcomes. Results supported the…

New entrants to four medical schools in Britain were questioned with regard to factors that made them choose one medical school over another. Factors revealed in approximately 400 replies included: application acceptance; buildings and facilities; emphasis on community medicine; and availability of living accommodations. (Author/LBH)

The model estimated the influences of a comprehensive list of factors classified as rational or nonrational equity and parity (marketplace). It is recommended for studying year-to-year changes in salary policies and for checking the importance of each factor in salary increase deliberations. (Author/LBH)

Romney's 1977 findings indicate that within student ratings, the course that an instructor teaches is as important a determiner of resulting ratings as the instructor himself. Reanalysis of his data indicates that the course effect is actually quite small, a result consistent with earlier studies. (Author/LBH)

A multivariate predictive index of student field performance to be used as an admissions tool in graduate schools of social work is described. It measures the effect on field performance of (1) a measure of the student's intellectual ability, (2) undergraduate school quality, (3) prior work experience, and (4) student sex. (Author/LBH)

Describes components of the Prediction System, one section of the computer-based System of Interactive Guidance and Information (SIGI). Students who use the SIGI Prediction System are provided with detailed criterion information and asked to rate themselves. Predictive validities for final grades in four courses were examined. Consistent findings…

Marital satisfaction is viewed as a function of the comparison between one's marital expectations and one's marital outcome. Marital stability is viewed as a function of the comparison between one's best available marital alternative and one's marital outcome. Hence, marital satisfaction and marital stability can differ. (Author)

The extent to which occupational considerations affect the decision to enter British polytechnic degree courses is examined and the findings are related to theories of occupational choice. The findings lend support to a model of occupational choice. (Author/LBH)

Examined intimacy levels of college female pairs reporting no sexual contact between them, including pairs selected for high (N=25) and low disclosure (N=25). Results indicated that best predictor of intimate friendship was self-actualization. Perceived attitude similarity, but not actual attitude similarity, was also predictive of intimacy.…

An overview of the literature on childhood depression precedes results of a study of 192 regular class students (grades 4-6) in Alberta, Canada, in which diagnostic measures were used to predict aspects of depression. Among findings were that self-esteem and family stability variables significantly predict depression in children. (Author/JW)

Used Holland high-point code and Self-Directed Search scale scores to predict benefit from a self-help career counseling intervention for 52 students undecided as to career. Participants with realistic, investigative, or conventional high-point codes showed greater changes in vocational identity when compared with participants with artistic,…

Examined differential relationships among well established psychosocial correlates when predicting several dimensions of adolescent alcohol consumption (N=1,720). Factor analysis revealed three dimensions of use: recent drinking, lifetime drinking, and drunkenness. Results suggest that drunkenness is best predicted by peer influences and tobacco…