Compared attitudes and help-seeking strategies of older adults (N=39) with younger age groups in regard to using mental health services and other help sources. Results indicated that older participants were less knowledgeable about the availability of mental health services and were less likely to utilize them. (RC)

This article, based on interviews with women who had both been raped and avoided being raped when attacked, examines the situational circumstances under which women were more likely to be raped, and those under which they were more likely to avoid being raped. (Author/MJL)

Studied male students who viewed an aggressive television program or a neutral one. Half of the students were then angered by a confederate. Results indicated angered men who had seen the aggressive film were most aggressive and exhibited the lowest average pulse rates both before and after shock delivery. (Author/JAC)

Examined the theoretically predicted adult career outcomes of individuals who engage in different developmental patterns of commitment to choice. Results indicated minimal support for the hypothesis that those who engage in increasing commitment and who do not revert to earlier behaviors would experience the most desirable outcomes in adulthood.…

Small business managers (N=430) were administered structured questionnaires through informal interviews to study the nature of the entrepreneur. Results indicated certain common characteristics, patterns of behavior, values and attitudes among entrepreneurs, and similarities in personality profiles. (RC)

Compares the number and types of problem identifications good readers make with the number and types made by poor readers. (HOD)

Studied the stability of cross-situational anxiety reactions over six months to determine the stability of cross-situational patterns of behavior. Inventory and self-report description data analysis indicated a high and significant stability of cross-situational profiles for reactions across verbally described anxiety provocative situations. (RC)

Assessed whether subjects' ratings of taped interactants, whose gender was ambiguous, would be determined mainly by what gender the subjects thought the interactants were or by the interactants' behavior. Results showed that the causes of sex differences in assessments differed depending on what type of assessment was being made. (Author/JAC)

Preference for personal space was related in this study to psychological maladjustment, aggressiveness, and body experience. Results indicated that individuals who tend to be maladjusted and individuals who tend to be aggressive preferred more personal space in face-to-face encounters in which the S was approached by a stranger. (Author)

Psychotherapy typically is conceptualized as a social reinforcement process. Others suggest interview behavior is predicted better by a competitive model of social interaction. Results of this study indicated that message frequency requests were equal in the competitive and reinforcing conditions, both of which induced more requests than a mixed…

Extends previous work about certain cognitive/semantic environments and hypertension by demonstrating that three additional cognitive/semantic environments show a trend in the direction of elevated blood pressure in undergraduates. A position supporting coordinated preventive program development for potential hypertensives, emphasizing the use of…

Evaluated effects of subject-perceived need and interviewer role on a subject's opinions and behaviors. Results indicate that roles were perceived as intended and resulted in intended opinion changes. Perceived interviewer expertness did influence subjects to engage in certain self-help activities, but the scope of those behaviors was limited.…

Compared freshmen (N=2180) who were interested in different types of counseling, or indicated no interest, on a variety of attitudinal and demographic items. Results indicated that students who showed different counseling interests as incoming freshmen could also be differentiated on other variables (political and social attitudes, college…

Compared the assertive behavior of two groups differing in information-processing style. In experiment one, high conceptual-complexity (CC) subjects demonstrated greater content knowledge, direct delivery skill, and fewer negative self-statements. In experiment two, high versus low CC females were more assertive in difficult situations. (Author/RC)

Compares behavioral and demographic characteristics of drunk drivers with repeated arrests and drivers not having repeated arrests, after attending an alcohol education program. Previous public drunkeness and previous drunk driving arrests were strong predictors of repeat arrests and were judged useful in screening offenders for rehabilitation…