Examined predictors of social adjustment and academic achievement for two groups of women students attending coeducational university. For students with precollege leadership (n=47), number of cocurricular involvements was significant predictor of social adjustment, whereas being involved in cocurricular activity significantly predicted social…

A new theory of subjective probability is presented. According to this theory, different descriptions of the same event can give rise to different judgments. Experimental evidence supporting this theory is summarized, demonstrating that the theory provides a unified treatment of a wide range of empirical findings. (SLD)

Examines the relationship between age, gender, and treatment attendance among 143 adolescent emergency room attendees referred for outpatient therapy. Adolescents terminated from treatment for nonattendance were significantly older than those completing treatment. Younger male patients kept significantly more appointments than did older male and…

Implications of phase space functions for psychological assessment are examined in this third article of the special section. The ability to predict the future time course of variables and the strength of causal relationships can be enhanced if temporal, dynamic, and nonlinear characteristics of variables are considered. (SLD)

The Ohio Valley Appalachia Regional Geriatric Education Center tested a proficiency assessment tool with 779 previous workshop participants (27 percent responded). The instrument successfully identified 10 of 27 predictors of attendance at a geriatrics workshop. (SK)

Presents possible factors that might produce lower risk for suicide among future elderly in the United States. Makes predictions of elderly suicides based on assumption of stable rather than changing rates; produces estimates of more than twice current number of suicides and proportionate increase in number of suicides from 1:5 for 1980s to 1:3 by…

Data from the National Longitudinal Survey and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics show that men and women born during the upswing of a demographic cycle obtain more schooling and take longer to finish a year of schooling than do those born during a downswing. (Author/SK)

Assessed differential predictive utility of home-leaving status, family functioning, separation-individuation issues, cognitive constructions of home-leaving process, and personality variables for adjustment during first year of college. Findings from 286 first-year students revealed that separation-individuation, family relations, and personality…

Adult/continuing education leaders should use the visioning technique of multiple scenario building to move beyond institutional limitations and seek new opportunities to improve adult and continuing education. (SK)

The key to measuring training results is to target them during front-end analysis. Training for results means knowing which performances have to be changed before choosing an intervention. (SK)

Presents article on future development of psychology as profession reprinted from first volume of "Journal of Consulting Psychology" published in 1937. Includes commentary which notes areas in which original article made correct predictions. Unforeseen developments, such as conflict between professional psychologists and those interested in…

Explains chaos theory; compares a conventional instructional systems design (ISD) approach with chaos theory and dynamic nonlinear systems, including deterministic predictability and indeterministic unpredictability and negative and positive feedback; explores theoretical implications for developing an alternative ISD model; and recommends future…

Results from bootstrap samples of 50, 100, and 200 indicate that 3 imputation procedures for missing data produce biased estimates of R2 and both standardized regression weights used. Two deletion procedures (listwise and pairwise) provided accurate parameter estimates with up to 30% of data missing. (SLD)

Undecided college students (n=74) learned decision-making strategies through a computer program. Results from the Career Decision Scale, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Career Choice Report, and Assessment of Career Decision Making showed that strategies based on individual preference significantly increased decidedness and decreased indecision,…

Examines the expectations and reality of optical disk market forecasts published between 1980 and 1990. A historical survey and review of these studies is presented, with general forecasts of all optical disk types included. It is concluded that unrealistic predictions may have contributed to a sluggish market for optical disks. (70 notes)…