Purpose was to assess immediate and dealyed effects of social modeling, cognitive structuring, and two self-management strategies for increasing affective self-disclosure. Social modeling and cognitive structuring had immediate effects on affective self-disclosure. A combination was more effective over time than any single treatment or no…

Describes a weight-loss program for 40 obese junior high school students who were divided into five groups, two using reality therapy, two using conventional counseling, and one control group. Reality therapy was shown to be the more effective method of treatment. (Author)

Examines impact on 30 high school students of 12 hours of exposure to Rational Behavior Training (RBT) and 10 days of exposure to a controlled conflict situation in a wilderness environment. The treatment group showed marked reduction in irrational personality traits and intra-interpersonal needs. (Author)

Two techniques of videotape recorded modeling for training counselors to ask open-ended questions (OEQ) were examined. Undergraduate peer counselors (N = 18) were randomly assigned to pure video models, corrective video models, or notreatment control. Findings support that a pure video model results in greater learning than a corrective video…

This study investigated the effectiveness of teachers trained in basic interpersonal skills to change the misdirected behavior of students. It was hypothesized that the unsolicited interaction between teacher and student would so fulfill the students' need for attention that classroom misbehaviors would decrease. (Author)

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the characteristics, attitudes and values of women employed in higher education. Of particular interest was the empirical identification of subgroups of women employees who differ in their perspective and outlook toward their jobs. (Author)

A 1974 survey of University of Illinois graduates compares males and females on: (1) the extent to which they have entered the labor force; (2) difficulty in obtaining jobs; (3) difficulty in finding jobs related to their fields of study; and (4) salaries. Results suggest the need for continued study. (Author/BP)

This study of group process evaluated the relative effectiveness of facilitator-directed (FD) and self-directed (SD) personal growth group treatments in inducing change in the level of group member interaction. Examination of treatment effectiveness was accomplished through an interaction process analysis approach, the Hill Interaction…

The purpose of this investigation is to compare the descriptions of group process obtained from the Hill Interaction Matrix (Form G) and the Bonney Scale in rating an extended counseling group of psychiatric residents (N = 10). (Author)

The questions of the value of structure in groups and the value of experience in group leadership merge when the two areas of conflict are considered together. The present study was concerned with effects of an interpersonal growth contract and of leader experience on encounter group process and outcome. (Author)

The reported counseling needs of adult students enrolled in area vocational-technical schools center primarily on academic and vocational concerns. (Author)

The failure of two vocational counseling interventions to generate tangible results suggests that counselors need to become experts in job-seeking skills and pass this knowledge on to their counselees. (Author)

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the vocational development process of tenth-grade disadvantaged students can be facilitated through deliberate intervention in the form of supplementary learning experiences. (Author)

Young and middle-aged adults contrast with aged adults in their reactions to sudden economic expansion in a small town favored by many as their retirement community. During anthropological research in this community, conflicts between various age strata were noted to be more intense when persons are strangers. (Author)

This report presents an experimental study in which changes in marijuana attitudes and smoking intentions were attempted using the formal communication approach. Several "currently useful generalizations" derived from past research and the present study are suggested. (Author)