The "information availability model" of heterosexual attraction was tested by having subjects go on a series of five encounters. It was found that both physical attractiveness and the personality variable, anxiety, had early and continuous effects on liking. It was concluded the model is an inadequate explanation of heterosexual…

This study examines the relationship between industrialization and family structure in Hong Kong. Findings show that, as the development of industrialization increases, there have been corresponding changes in the structure of the family which evolves from a broken extended form, to a settled stem one, and currently toward a nuclear one. (Author)

Subjects responded to risk and caution life-dilemma problems in either a group discussion or a control procedure. Before and after experimental treatment, subjects filled in a questionnaire involving whether or not the character in the dilemma should take the risk. Results are discussed. (Author)

This study investigated reactions to an anti-alcohol communication delivered by convert and nonconvert communicators. In four convert conditions the communicator was presented as a former alcoholic. The convert's communication was either Personal or Impersonal. Overall evaluations of the communicator and communication were significantly more…

The effect on attitude change of interviewee intelligence and explicitness of interviewer's conclusion was examined in a counseling analogue. Analysis did not support the hypotheses that attitudes of lower intelligence subjects are changed more by explicit conclusions and that attitudes of higher intelligence subjects are changed more by implicit…

Female students (28 black, 28 white) viewed videotape of a counseling session in one of four conditions: (a) two female counselors (one black, one white), and (b) two counselor roles (active, passive). Analysis of students' ratings revealed (a) no differences among conditions in perceived attentiveness or friendliness, (b) significant differences…

Several dimensions of impulse control (i.e., delay of gratification, reflectivity, and motor control) were related to intelligence, mental status, and adjustment among 91 institutionalized aged women. The findings suggest that impulse control in its various forms has a consistent and significant relationship with indices of adaptation. (Author)

This paper reports on a four-year longitudinal study of 60 elderly women. Data about their happiness and social activities were collected using the Affect Balance Scale and nine measures of socially relevant activities. Direct relationships between happiness and social activity among elderly people were found. (Author)

This study relates the effect evaluations had on changes in existing guidance programs. Ohio schools (n=20) that had completed an evaluation the previous year were studied. Of the 357 recommendations made to the evaluated schools, nearly one-third were fully implemented within one year and another one-third were in process of implementation.…

A questionnaire consisting of possible responsibilities for counselors was developed and submitted to groups of counselors, counselors in training, school administrators, and high school students to reflect differeing perceptions. Substantial differences were found in the defined role of the counselor and the perceptions of counselors, trainees,…

The Quick Test, Form I (QT) and the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale, Form L-M (SB) were administered to 70 preschool children. Results raise serious doubt about the validity of the QT functioning. Further research is indicated. (Author)

This article examines the idea that social norms are not permanently incorporated into a person's personality. The author presents the argument that in a group situation subjects are conditioned toward similarity while afterward, the individual's behavior gradually returns to an "operant level". Tests show this argument to be essentially true.…

This study was designed (a) to investigate client-counselor congruence in the perception of problems in eight potentially handicapping problem areas and (b) to find factors that might be contributing to any identified variance in problem perception. Results suggested that considerable incongruence exists between rehabilitation counselors and their…

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of the differential application of reinforcing and punishing light cues in the manipulation of verbal behavior and leadership status in small groups. (Author)

Patients (n=45), ages 61-89, were assessed after 36 months of day treatment by the private Adult Day Treatment Center. It appears selective combinations of day treatment, group process, and group therapy offer an approach to the reduction of anxiety, the improvement of interpersonal relationships, and the maintenance of independent living. (Author)