An anonymous survey of adolescents (N=3,690) was used to assess how much of the unique variance in adolescents' self-reported drug use was accounted for by number of parents in comparison to the adolescents' sex, age, social class, and peer drug use. (Author)

The amount of time devoted to seven professional activities by 15 school psychologists during a six-week period was compared with the perceived involvement in these activities of teachers. Teachers were found to be unaware of the service priorities of psychologists in their schools. (Author)

The study's three main criterion measures were: (1) estimates of children's predominant mood state; (2) judgments about a child's predominant within-session mode of expression; and (3) aides' ratings of session satisfaction. Both predominant mood and mode of expression differed for children with different initial referral problems. (Author)

Two therapists each led a self-help group, a "confidant" group, and a women's consciousness-raising group. Experimental subjects showed significant improvement in ratings of future health and became significantly less other-oriented in attitudes toward women relative to the controls. The therapist variable produced few differences in response to…

Investigated factor structure and scale reliabilities of Gough's Adjective Check List (ACL) and their stability over time. Employees in a community mental health center completed the ACL twice, separated by a one-year interval. After each administration, separate factor analyses were computed. All scales had highly significant test-retest…

A computerized program was developed to screen students with learning disabilities, using standardized tests from student records. Children who are one-third or more behind in their expected reading level would be identified as having a possible learning disability. (Author)

Compares vocational interests of freshmen in Basic Interest scale scores on the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory. Significant differences in Basic Interests were found between Arts and Science freshmen as well as between sexes within these curricula. (Author)

Examined relationships between differences in counsellor trainee's perceived and measured need levels and Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores and grade point averages (GPA). GRE scores were generally inversely related to differences in measured and perceived needs levels' higher GRE scores were associated with smaller differences. (Author)

Studies regarding status aspirations among Mexican-American youth have presumed that life goals are integrated and congruent. An alternative line of inquiry is suggested which questions these assumptions and specifies types of conflicts that may arise among occupational, educational, and familial orientations. (Author)

Chicano and Anglo perceptions of the university environment were compared on the seven scales of CUES II. Of the seven scales, only one, the practicallity scale, reached the level of significance, with the Chicano group scoring significantly higher. None of the other F statistics approached the level of significance. (Author)

This investigation was designed to determine the effectiveness of a study skills program for students in an adult degree program. Results showed an increase in study habits and a decrease in concerns about school for students who participated in the program. (Author)

Differences in the CUES II dimensions of psychological climate found between two campuses of a multicampus community college suggest that, environmentally, multicampus colleges are as diverse from one campus to another as one institution is from another institution. (Author)

This survey of juvenile courts across the country indicates that only one of five courts have a parent group program and few use procedures reported in the growing literature relating to changing the behavior of agressive children. (Author)

Further replication using other test instruments and measured variables is suggested, but the results of two studies appear to support the view that providing rational ideas fosters mental health while providing psychodynamic insight does not. (Author)

Investigates current changes in counseling and guidance graduate students' perceptions concerning their education and training in a small, stable homogeneous department of counselor education. Subjects are 94 graduates (56 from the class of '71 and 38 from the class of '75). (Author/HMV)