Establishes distinct patterns of characteristics differentiating nonsexually violent, sexually violent, and sexually nonviolent offenders. The data add to the evidence of a link between violence and alcohol. The defendants' high rate of suicide attempts is a manifestation of a general pattern of aggressive acting out. (Author/CS)

The author outlines four main orientations in the history of aesthetics and relates each to a specific theoretical orientation in psychology. He suggests that these four alignments can serve as categories for distinctive teaching traditions presented in the literature of art education. (SJL)

The article reviews the history and current status of research and programing in special education in the Ukrainian SSR. Among topics addressed are parallels with the United States in categories of exceptionality and assessment practices. (CL)

Criterion-referencing is a way to enhance the interpretation of test scores by referencing them to well-defined behavior domains. Behavior domains may be ordered or unordered; several varieties of criterion-referenced tests within each of these types are discussed. (Author/RL)

Presents an Emotionality-Rationality-Activity model that integrates recent classifications of counseling and psychotherapy. The model also serves as a theoretical basis from which methods, goals, and processes during counseling, psychotherapy, and training can be derived and integrated. (Author)

Male delinquents (N=53) were classified as either psychopathic, neurotic, immature, or socialized-aggressive. The relationships of several cognitive characteristics to membership in the groups were investigated. Group differences in perception of others provides insight for treatment approaches. (Author/RC)

Reports a research study assessing the relationship between the interpersonal classification and racial classification abilities of 80 Black elementary school children. (EF)

Investigated the ability of the Wechsler Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) subtest scores to distinguish between three groups of behaviorally disordered boys and a control group. Results suggest that although WISC-R subtest scores were able to distinguish between the groups, their use as a classification metric could be highly misleading.…

A Piagetian task of spatial functioning and a modified classification problem (simple intersection) were administered to children to test the degree of relationship between logical and sublogical operations by defining their common cognitive components. (Author/DB)

Discusses nine senses which constitute a topical system for rhetorical critics. Each suggests a way of assessing the communicative potential of a variety of texts and is represented by the following critics: intentionalists, social critics, Boothians, critics of imitative rhetoric, formalists, genre critics, implicit rhetorical theorists,…

The relationship between intraindividual discrepancy and exceptionality was studied in 248 children in first through sixth grades. Results revealed a significant relationship between discrepancies and exceptionalities, though a relatively low strength of association was found. (Author/SBH)

Instruments based on F. Williams'"cube" model (which deals with cognitive-affective behaviors associated with divergent thinking) were used to select gifted students from a large pool (N=468) of third to ninth graders. Evidence indicated that instruments measuring both cognitive and affective factors of divergent thinking are most favorable for…

Results of study indicate that couples who share a similar definition of their relationship are significantly more in agreement on a variety of relational issues and are more cohesive than couples who do not share a relational definition. (JMF)

Notes problems with cataloging library materials in the small and medium sized public library and suggests interpretations of the Anglo-American cataloging rules, with recommendations for their adaptation to smaller libraries. (CWM)