In an attempt to evaluate and minimize the dropout problem 26 noncompleting, two-parent families leaving the Mountain-Plains program prematurely were selected for study on the basis of availability of entry scores on the Personal Orientation Inventory (POI) and the 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire, Form E (16PF). Scores for this group were…

In 1974, Pennsylvania began data collection on veteran-inmates of its eight correctional institutions to assist them in taking advantage of veterans' educational benefits. A detailed interagency chronology of the efforts of the State Education, Correction, and Military Affairs Departments and the Veterans Administration is contained in the report.…

The handbook provides an overview of characteristics, learning, and teaching methods, for parents of children with learning disabilities. Reviewed are problems that interfere with learning, such as poor rhythm sense and attention difficulties, and listed are six basic principles affecting the learning process. Home activities are suggested for…

The Parole Officer Aide Program of Ohio employs qualified ex-offenders as Parole Officer Aides (POA). The POA is given on-the-job training for six months and assumes the identical tasks as parole officers with the exception of signing parole violation reports. The POA's background and familiarity with local situations gives him the ability to…

This paper reviews the results of three investigations of the effects of marathon Gestalt workshops on the measured self-actualization of volunteer, college student participants. In the first study, 10 students participated in a weekend workshop at the university counseling center. Subjects completed the Personal Orientation Inventory (POI) before…

During the week of May 20-26, 1974, a telephone survey to determine television viewing patterns was conducted in the six-county Chicago metropolitan area. For the 4,662 respondents, data were collected concerning family characteristics and time spent watching the various programs offered by WTTW, Chicago's public broadcasting station. Nearly 43%…

A telephone survey was conducted in November 1973 to determine television viewing patterns in southwestern Virginia. Data were collected concerning family characteristics and time spent watching the various programs offered by WBRA-TV and WSVN-TV, the local public broadcasting stations. Income and occupational status proved to be significant…

During March 1974, a telephone survey to determine television viewing patterns was conducted in a four-county area surrounding Nashville, Tennessee. Data were gathered concerning family characteristics and time spent watching WDCN, Nashville's public broadcasting station. Results characterized viewers according to total time spent watching…

This report covers part of a project designed to develop and to make available to research workers markers for some of the temperament factors that have been established in the factor-analytic literature. An earlier report describes 28 such factors and defines several divisions of each factor, called subfactors, that appear in the literature to be…

This bibliography attempts to bring together references from the medical and social sciences which focus on the physical and emotional factors associated with the pregnancy and postpartum periods. Of special importance are manuscripts which deal with maternal, parental, and marital reactions during the pregnancy and postpartum periods among…

This study was designed to determine the number of students who were enrolled at Arkansas State University in the fall of 1971 but who failed to reenter in the spring of 1972. The principal thrust was aimed at those students who were eligible to return but failed to do so. An analysis was undertaken to determine demographic information with…

This guide to an introductory television course on exceptional children provides overviews of its 54 programs and lists critical vocabulary, required and suggested reading, and questions to consider during the reading and the telecasts. Various methods, programs, and exceptionalities are covered; articles by Laurence J. Peters on prescriptive…

This is the latest in a series of reported findings for a Guidance Study which followed the same persons from infancy to age 40. The report focuses on: (1) how well the 50 men and 60 women subjects maintained their positions relative to I.Q. during the 22 years since they were last tested at age 18; (2) gains and losses in I.Q. over the 22 year…

As part of a survey of cognitive style variables in Maryland ninth-graders, sense of control is measured by the Crandall scales for intellectual achievement responsibility. Feelings of control over success are greater than those over failure for both sexes. The results of this study disagree with previous work in four ways: (1) control beliefs do…

A total of 136 women students: math science majors, counselors in training, and teachers in training were subjects in this study concerned with the relationship between women's career choice and their perception of men's views of the feminine ideal. As predicted, women's perceptions of men's views of the feminine ideal were differentially related…