This study examined empirically the structure of the powerlessness construct and compared the factorial structure of the concept across racial groups. The results suggested that powerlessness can be meaningfully interpreted as a general concept. However, with respect to the factorial structure of the individual dimensions of powerlessness, enough…

Presents: (1) an outline of prototype age-related changes in cognitive structure; (2) an application of these interrelationships to some existent research and concepts in the abilities domain; and (3) a discussion of the multifactor approach in structuring age-related change to organismic views of cognitive development. (SDH)

Confirmatory maximum likelihood factor analysis was used to determine how accurately each of several hypothesized combinations of first-order and/or higher-order factors could describe the covariation within selected sub-matrices taken from the total correlation matrix originally analyzed by M. O'Sullivan et al. (1965). Focus was on evaluating the…

The paper describes the reasons for developing a new instrument to measure adaptive behavior of mentally retarded residents at Glenwood State Hospital-School and recounts the processes involved in constructing the new scale. Among complaints about the American Association on Mental Deficiency Adaptive Behavior Scale (ABS) are its inappropriateness…

Oral history and Q methodology (a social science technique designed to document objectively and numerically the reactions of individuals to selected issues) were used to investigate urban renewal in Waco, Texas. Nineteen persons directly involved in the city's relocation and rehabilitation projects granted interviews. From these oral histories, 70…

This paper compares the Hersey-Natemeyer "Power Perception Profile" with the "Richardson Power Profile (RPP)," both of which are measures of a leader's reliance on power bases to affect followers within organizations. Two previously conducted factor analyses of the normative measure--the RPP--indicate that there are fewer than…

The paper reviews research on the cognitive structures of gifted students. Theories of R. Sternberg and his triarchic model of intelligence are described. Sternberg asserts that three processes appear to account for insight: selective encoding, selective combination, and selective comparison. H. Gardner's perspective citing six types of…

The problem of the structure of human abilities is approached within the framework of higher order confirmatory factor analysis. Non-hierarchical models suggested by Thurstone and Guilford are reviewed, and it is concluded that these models fail to give a theoretically and practically useful representation of the organization of human abilities.…

The development of the Privacy Preference Scale is described. Six subscales were constructed from a principal axis factor analysis. The ability of the subscales to differentiate between age and sex groups, and their relationship to personality measures and to self-reported privacy oriented behavior are presented. (Author/RC)

Relationships between educators' innovation-adoption behavior and five attributes of innovation (relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, trialability, observability) were examined. The attributes, developed by Rogers and Shoemaker, emerged from research in disciplines such as sociology and anthropology, and the present investigation was…

The relative contributions of modeling and instructions to training of counselor empathy were assessed in a factorial design incorporating two instruction conditions (instructions, no instructions) and three modeling conditions (high empathy model, low empathy model, or no model). (Author)

Determines, for a college sample, the interrelationships among the three Protestant Ethic scales, and examines the relationships of each of the three scales to selected personality, ability, and academic performance measures. (Author/RC)