Followup studies of released offenders in the community have frequently provided poor indices of recidivism because of their failure to discriminate between different kinds of violations and adjustment to the community. To develop a new criterion for measuring recidivism, information on the postrelease behavior of 142 adult male felons was…

Reported is a study to determine effects of two instructional programs on reading readiness, visual perception, and science process skill attainment. One group received instruction in Part A, A-K level activities of "Science--A Process Approach;" another treatment group received visual perceptual training via the "Frostig Perceptual…

The Dogmatism Scale (D) and Traditional Family Ideology Scale (TFI) were administered to nursing students at Texas Women's University to determine the effect of dogmatism and authoritarianism upon nursing success. The D scale measures individual differences in openness, closedness, and intolerance, and the TFI assesses an individual's position on…

This research was undertaken to check on the existence of the impression that teachers do see girls as more moral than boys, and to assess the accuracy of the teachers' perceptions. A random sample of sixth grade children was selected from 10 classes in a middle class and a working class school to fit a balanced factorial design with two factors,…

This document describes the process by which aspects of nonverbal communication that appear to be indicators of involvement were identified, described, classified, and rated. To facilitate this process, an Action Category System was developed through observation in the natural classroom setting and subsequent analyses of the recorded behavior…

Presented is the behavior rating scale designed for use with a video tape protocol for examination of multiply handicapped deaf blind children, whose development and evaluation are discussed in EC 040 599. The behavioral rating scale consists of five sections: unstructured orientation of child in examining area, child's task orientation and…

Functional Potential is a concept stemming from ego psychology that describes the degree to which a subject is able to tolerate ambiguity, delay gratification, exhibit adaptive-flexibility, demonstrate goal directedness, relate to self and others, and have a clear sense of personal identity. Here, that concept has been related to the Omnibus…

The present follow-up study was undertaken to determine the extent to which avoidance of self-disclosure was as characteristic of the middle sessions of psychotherapy as it is of the initial sessions. (Author)

This paper reports the initial development of the Behavioral Style Questionnaire (B.S.Q.) for determining temperamental characteristics in 3-to 7-year-old children. (CM)

This research is an attempt at initial construction and utilization of a measurement scale designed to facilitate future empirical research in differentiating values of an established versus an emerging nature, one with a patristic orientation versus one with a matristic orientation. (Author/RK)

A twin-based analysis of personality inventory scales yields information relevant to construct validity. Criteria for construct validity derived from adolescent twin statistics are illustrated with Wiggins' MMPI Content Scales. A type of discriminant validity indicates that some scales are not distinct in terms of influences of familial…

Explored relationships between recidivism while on parole and 19 predictor variables reflective of offender or offense characteristics among 105 young adult male felons 22 months after parole. Significant bivariate relationships were found between the criterion and marital status, religious group membership, nature of the offense, and number of…

Discusses an experimental scale for evaluating the effectiveness of family day care mothers, including information on how the validity of the evaluation criteria was calculated. Cautions use of the scale which is still in the experimental stage. (BR)

A multidimensional scaling technique was used to assess the content and construct validity of a behavioral rating scale constructed to measure appropriate and inappropriate classroom behavior. The authors argue for the validity of the scale and the use of multidimensional scaling in resolving validity problems in behavior analysis. (Author/JKS)

Two studies concerned with agreement in ratings of temperament are reported. Ratings of the mothers of toddlers versus daycare workers were compared on the Toddler Temperament Scale (Study 1), and on ratings of a videotape of a 2-year-old child for responses relevant to six dimensions of temperament (Study 2). (Author/BN)