Hypothesized that high self-preoccupation (SP) subjects would perceive negative feedback as more negative and positive feedback as more positive than low SP persons. Results indicated high SP persons distorted all feedback; subjects who received negative feedback first showed higher evaluation to both positive and negative feedback. (Author/RC)

Factor analyzed the Family Environment Scale (FES) subscale scores of 204 families and correlated them with family demographic characteristics. The obtained factor structure showed two major factors similar to "control" and "acceptance-rejection" dimensions in previous research. Results support the FES as part of multimethod…

Tests the relationship between locus of control and drug abuse and the influence of test instructions and social desirability. Results of research with incarcerated offenders indicated test instructions aimed at heightening social desirability artificially inflated locus of control scores. Found no significant differences between drug abusers and…

Discusses three alternative life styles to monogamous marriage: swinging, open marriage, and group marriage. Includes brief reviews of both the critique of monogamous marriage as not fulfilling intimacy needs, and research on individuals in alternative life styles as displaying potentially normal behavior. (Author)

Discusses the presentation of married, formerly married, and single male and female characters in prime time television dramas, specifically in relation to sexual stereotyping, occupational status, and regularly-emphasized personality traits. A brief review of similar research is given and the method of the study is summarized. (JL)

Discusses the application of Jungian analytical psychology to education. The author outlines Jung's concepts which relate to the foundations of education, personality development, cognitive processes, motivation, and curriculum theory. (AM)

Studied a non-self-selected sample of chemically dependent people instructed in meditation techniques. Differences established upon training termination were no longer evident in the instructed group after six months. Subjects who reported continuing at least minimal meditative practices, however, showed differences in social adjustment, work…

Assessed changes in MMPI normative scores for age, year of birth, and time of measurement, in police academy recruits (N=1119). Age and year of birth did not affect MMPI scores. From 1964-1971 more "symptomatology" and less "defensiveness" was reported, but reversed when the police department hired a consultant clinical…

Investigated the extent to which the Personality Attributes Questionnaire and the Bem Sex Role Inventory assigned the same individuals to identical sex-role categories. Less than 55 percent of the subjects were assigned to identical categories. Suggests care must be taken when comparing results of studies that employ different instruments. (Author)

Presents literature relevant to initial group structure and advances a model of group development based upon personal construct theory. The proposed model illuminates the relationship between initial structure and the psychological processes underlying group development. Research questions are posited to advance empirical tests of the model. (RC)

Presents nine tips to help music education graduates find their first jobs. Suggestions cover educational preparation and personality characteristics which make graduates more desirable in the job market. Job search strategies, working abroad, and interview techniques are discussed. (AM)

Tested and extended Deaux's expectancy model of sex-linked differences in attribution for success. Finding's indicated that female occupational subjects, relative to males, tended to attribute success more to unstable causes of effort and luck. Male subjects attributed success more to the stable causes of ability and task ease. (Author/RC)

Investigated the effects of clients' age, physical attractiveness, and behavior on subjects' attraction to the clients. Results indicated that "counselor" subjects were significantly more attracted to child than to adult clients and to clients demonstrating good in-session behaviors. Physically attractive clients were not rated significantly more…

Established differentiations among types of depression by examining the subjective experiences of depression. Results showed consistent differences among patients as a function of whether their experiences of depression focused primarily on issues of dependency and/or self-criticism or an absence of these issues. (Author)

Described the adult development of 23 police officers. Found that subjects passed through a series of psychosocial stages and that stress and stress management were an important part of this process. Training and administrative implications are discussed. (JAC)