Subjects read a situation description and rated the likelihood of their taking the response designated as appropriate. Regression analyses revealed the contributions of sex and the traits of instrumentality and emotional expressiveness (as measures earlier by the Bem Sex Role Inventory) to self-reported instrumentality and emotional…

Seven sequential ordinal scales of sensorimotor development are briefly described. These scales permit modification in the strategy for assessing infant development, investigating its structure and investigating infant-environment interaction. (GO)

This paper reviews research stimulated by Holland's (1997) theory of vocational personalities and work environments. It describes new research extending an examination of one part of the theory, environmental identity, to a large sample of school environments. The Organizational Focus Scale (G.D. Gottfredson and Holland, 1996b) was administrated…

Results of the investigation suggest that the facet-factorial approach can be an effective technique for the construction of rating scales to measure complex behavior such as music performance. (Author)

The present paper examined some of the major variables already known to be associated with the phenomena of early withdrawal from school to see what extent these data confirm those of other investigators. (Author/RK)

This study investigated the effect of two dimensions of parent-daughter relationship on achievement and values of college women. (Author)

Article is based on the writer's Ph.D. dissertation completed at the Pennsylvania State University, 1967. Research was carried out during the 1966-1967 academic year.

Observation of classroom coping behaviors of 1,066 K-12 students and of several hundred effective public school teachers provides discipline strategies for classroom management. Teachers apply one of seven treatment schedules after identifying a student's coping behavior. Tables show eight coping styles and abbreviated treatment schedules. (PB)

The purpose of this study was to determine if high school students would rate the counselor's credibility differently when the counselor functioned as an agent of social change rather than as an agent of social conformity. Females tended to rate the conformity role highest. (Author)

Tested the hypothesis that a high level of self-disclosure is indicative of psychological adjustment and self-actualization. The self-disclosure scale, Social Avoidance and Distress, Fear of Negative Evaluation, Alienation and Repression-Sensitization scales were administered to 60 introductory psychology students. (Editor/RK)