The influence of the family on the personality development of pre-adolescent youth is discussed. (CK)

Reprints from: J.W. Giebink, Psycho-Educational Clinic, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706.

Described an assertiveness scale for children developed to assess four dimensions of assertiveness across three categories of interpersonal situations. The scale was administered to elementary and middle school children (N=609) and readministered to students (N=164) to assess test-retest reliability. Test-retest reliability was low while internal…

Evaluated the reliability and convergent validity of three rating scales designed to measure self-concept clarity. The ratings of self, peer, and professional judges were compared. Results supported that a basic difference exists between a participant's self-reported constructs and an observer's judgment of that participant's constructs.…

This attempt to provide a low-cost technique of assigning nonarbitrary weights to client characteristics uses a multiple regression model to predict high-risk clients. Presents statistical results and a sample case. (Author)

Elderly men and women shared common dimensions of anxious depression and general dissatisfaction. There might be a third dimension for women--sleep impairment. Implications for diagnosing depressive syndromes in the elderly were discussed. (Author)

Findings showed that mothers who construed themselves as highly similar to their child manifested more warmth toward that child. This relationship was not influenced by the mothers' social desirability scores. The child's IQ was not related to the main variables in this study. (Author/BEF)

Examines the relationship between disclosure flexibility and a measure of psychological adjustment. Comparisons are made to a sex-adjusted normative profile of appropriate disclosure in 20 social situations. Study indicates that disclosure flexibility is an important correlate of personality health, at least among medium disclosers. (JMF)

The Vocational Preference Inventory (VPA) and the Ohio Work Values Inventory (OWVI) were administered to 115 undergraduates. A two-factor MANOVA was performed with personality types (VPI) and sex as independent variables and work values (OWVI) as dependent variables. The F-ratios for main effects were significant. (Author/SJL)

Examines personal, psychological, physical, and social characteristics of persons seeking group treatment for obesity and correlates these variables with their subsequent attendance. The best candidates for continuing in treatment have completed more schooling, have been obese longer, and are less depressed, more self-sufficient, and less…

Volunteers estimated the passage of one-minute intervals. An average of four trials was obtained. This average and scale scores from the 16 PF were used in the computation of a discriminant function analysis. (Author/BEF)

Common items, items which appear on several scales on psychological tests, are investigated in this study. It is concluded that the common item problem is not a serious one in personality measurement. (Author/JKS)

This paper re-evaluates traditional approaches to the study of children's drawings in the light of current process-oriented research. A tentative synthesis of accounts of developmental stages in drawing is followed by an appraisal of drawings analysis in applied psychology. Main features of the new approach are outlined. (Author)

Studies the possibility of using the California Psychological Inventory (CPI) in reliably differentiating levels of competence in resident assistants (RAs). Pinpoints personality traits favorably rated by RA selectors and indicates a small subset of the CPI which could be used for screening RA applicants. (Author/BEF)