Considering the public's high regard for discipline and the clear relationship between a safe and orderly environment and school effectiveness, no school can afford to operate without a properly developed discipline code handbook. Faculty, staff, and students need to be involved to make the handbook an effective blueprint governing behavior…

Administered questionnaire on tornado hazard to 142 adults. Results indicated that subject's gender and education level were best predictors of perceived probability of tornado recurrence; that ratings of severity of potential damage were related to education level; and that gender accounted for significant percentage of variance in anxiety…

This second validation study of the Parent Opinion Questionnaire (POQ) compared the unrealistic expectations of child abusing mothers (N=16) with mothers whose partners perpetrated the abuse (N=14). Significantly greater unrealistic expectations of child behavior were found for abusing mothers than for control mothers. A discriminant function…

Suggests job aids have motivational benefits and discusses three ways in which they positively affect motivation: increases worker's confidence of success and amount of effort they are willing to invest in attempting tasks; increases expectancy while decreasing amount of motivation needed; and reinforces task importance. (MBR)

Examined the relationship between sex and career and lifestyle expectations of 128 students. Results indicated no sex differences in curricular or post-secondary plans. Equal proportions of males and females indicated professional career aspirations, however, they differed in their choices along traditional lines. Males expected to achieve their…

Assessed relationship between age and treatment expectation (TE) among psychiatric patients. Results showed TE rises with age. Higher TE lead to better adjustment, however, older age and higher TE in combination, did not translate into better community adjustment. Differences were most pronounced in psychotics and in older patients not fully…

The equivocal relationship between contact with and perceptions of the elderly obtained in previous research is attributed to limitations in the way contact has been assessed. Multiple regression analyses identified several aspects of quality of contact with the elderly that reliably predicted attitudes toward and perceptions of them. (Author/ABB)

Results of sex by attribution manipulations indicated that without the effort attribution, women in mixed-sex situations had lower expectations, performed worse, rewarded themselves less and attributed their poor performance to a lack of ability. In same-sex and alone situations, women's expectations, performance and self-reward did not differ.…

Compared the effectiveness of verbal and written contracts in family therapy (N=65). Results indicated that while neither technique was superior, there were several distinctions between them. Written contracts were more successful in communicating explicit goals. (JAC)

Compared the expectations and problem-solving skills of maltreating mothers (N=20) and matched comparisons (N=10) who completed the Child Development Questionnaire and the Parent Opinion Questionnaire. Results indicated both abusive and neglectful mothers showed significantly greater unrealistic expectations and poorer problem-solving skills than…

Examined the relationship between counseling expectancies and help seeking behavior in 236 students. Results revealed differences in the expectancies students had for seven campus help providers, and differences in tendencies to seek help from providers for personal and career problems. (JAC)

Examined the effects of negative and positive information on performance expectancies of 93 female and 97 male undergraduates. Before feedback, males stated higher expectancies and overestimated their performance more than females. After feedback consistent with subjects' ability, males continued to set higher goals and to overestimate their…

Tested accuracy of motivational theory of depression for adjustment disorder with depressed mood in 48 patients with terminal and nonterminal cancer. Results supported motivational theory: cancer patients exhibited low expectations and low values; hence, they were unmotivated and depressed. (NRB)

Investigated premarital decision-making among community college students. Results concluded that premarital decisions about the number of children to have is associated with certain characteristics of the rational-comprehensive thinker, but is also associated with non-normative childbearing expectations, whether they are above or below the popular…

Colleges and universities have not up held their end of the bargain with athletes, exploiting a disproportionate number of talented Black athletes by not providing the kind of education the students sought or needed and by applying rigid academic standards for eligibility. (MSE)