To meet the need for a situational measure of guilt, the Perceived Guilt Index, a self-report measure of experiential guilt, was developed. The index represents an attempt to quantify common verbal labels used to communicate the intensity of emotional relations to guilt. Construct validity studies indicated strong support for the theory underlying…

This study was designed to determine if anxiety in intermediate grade school children would influence their perceptual reading pattern of word phrases. Higher anxiety scores significantly limited student perceptions among 3-, 4-, and 5-word length phrases. (Author)

The results of the current study, as well as the Zimmer and Cowles (1972) study using quite different procedures, involved a comparison of client-centered, gestalt, and rational therapies and do not support the conclusion that therapeutic relationships tend to be characteristically the same. Theoretical orientation as operationalized by…

The theory as it relates to occupational classification and Holland's scheme of consistent patternings was supported. However, no evidence was found to support the hypothesis that congruent, consistent, and homogeneous personality patterns are more closely related to high training achievement than are noncongruent, inconsistent, and heterogeneous…

A description of a mediational model to explain the effectiveness of desensitization and a discussion of the available corroborative research findings for this alternative explanation are given. Also, specific procedural modifications for systematic desensitization are suggested. (Author)

Sketches a theory of motivation from a phenomenological basis carrying it through the psychological experience to actual physical movement. The theory is based on the assumption that motives are not efficient but final causes and that the living being himself is the efficient cause of his actions. (Author/CJ)

This research illustrates one of the facets of the cognitive system of repressors and sensitizers and confirms Byrne's hypotheses concerning differential perceptual systems at the respective R-S levels. (Author)

Two hypotheses about Holland's personality types were investigated. The first was that counseling outcomes are likely to be different for clients with different personality types. The second was that counseling is likely to be more effective for clients with consistent personality patterns. Neither hypothesis was supported. (Author)

The scale reliability distinguished persons who had experienced psychotherapeutic help from those without such professional contact. Factor analyses were conducted on three independent samples and revealed four dimensions of the attitude: recognition of need for psychological help, stigma tolerance, interpersonal openness, and confidence in mental…

This research constitutes a preliminary attempt to study the procedural variable of differential spacing of desensitization sessions. (Author)

The results of this study show that laboratory training facilitates constructive process change in the anxiety expression of individuals who are receiving individual personal counseling for anxiety reduction. (Author)

In the study reported here, feelings of alienation, as measured by Keniston's (1968) Alienation Scale, were generally found to decrease as a result of particularized group experience. (Author)

Describes rationale, development, and validation of the Psychological Screening Inventory (PSI), intended as a brief screening device for use in mental health related settings where time and psychological skills may be at a premium. (Author)

The author offers a program for a group of irresponsible, uncommitted, unproductive, and generally maladjusted boys. The program aims at increased school attendance, improved grades, increased peer acceptance, decreased school suspension, increased willingness to accept legitimate authority and increased educational and vocational aspirations.…