Describes development and use of creative drama with 30 children over a six month period. Over time, the dramas evolved through four stages: chaos, control and chaos; control; and flexibility. Certain developmental and psychological themes also emerged: narcissism, exhibitionism, activity, orality, dominance, morality, social themes, comedy and…

This study, employing inclusion, control, and affection as independent variables, tests empirically Schutz' (1958) three-dimensional theory of group process, using a Prisoner's Dilemma experimental analogue situation with dyads. (Author)

Describes an approach to train teacher education students in interpersonal skills. Undergraduate secondary education students (N=21) received 20 hours of training in interpersonal skills followed by 10 hours of training in their classroom application. Results indicated that this type of training does promote significant development of these…

This study used discriminant analysis to investigate the direction and intensity of student, parent, and school personnel attitudes, as measured by the Adjective Rating Scale (ARS), toward two college courses being offered in their high schools. (Author)

This study focuses on the relationship of intensity of religious commitment to use of indirect life-threatening behavior among elderly, chronically ill hospital patients. Findings indicate intensity of religious commitment is a potentially more meaningful measure of religiosity than formal church membership. (Author)

Examines whether counselors were more effective as behavioral change agents when working directly in groups with minority students, or when working indirectly through parents of these minority students. Results tend to support the position that counseling conducted indirectly through parents is more effective. (Author)

Available from: Sage Publications, Inc., 275 South Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, California 90212. The effect of a differential reinforcement procedure alone was compared with the use of verbal prompts plus differential reinforcement in reducing deviant social behavior of an institutionalized retarded male (28 years old). (IM)

Five distinct aims underlying federal support of academic social research are hypothesized, and a different observable funding pattern is associated with each one. Concludes with a possible explanation for the government's interest in producing social knowledge for the advancement of social science. (Author/AM)

Sex and need for affiliation (n Aff) were investigated as potential moderators of the association between need for achievement (n Ach) and academic performance. It was hypothesized that high nAch, low n Aff students earn higher grades than high n Ach, high n Aff students. The results for both males and females supported the hypothesis. (Author)

Preferences for and learning activity in instrumental and expressive education are examined. Interview data of 256 Nebraskans, 55 or older, show preference differences according to sex, race, marital status, and location grouping. Comparisons with earlier (1972) data are included. An increased, overall preference for instrumental education was…

This study determined regional differences in the prevalence of cohabitation, the reported willingness to cohabit, and the extent of probable parental awareness. The study also compares cohabitants and noncohabitants with regard to their desire to marry and have children, and their willingness to engage in a number of nontraditional life styles.…

This research investigated the relationship between early childbearing and marital instability. Women with large families and those with no children were the most likely to experience disruption. The lowest dissolution rates were found for those with moderate numbers of children. (Author)

When compared with a group of clients who had received work adjustment services and a placebo treatment (personal hygiene training), experimental clients given Personal Achievement Skills (PAS) and work adjustment services reported greater gains on self-ratings of life perspective (optimism), work-related attitudes, and goal attainment. (Author)

The perceived mental health needs of adolescents were measured by questionnaire to groups of teenagers, parents, community child guidance personnel, self-help groups, police and court related people, school personnel, mental health administrators and area board members. (Author)

Discriminant function analyses involving two vocational interest inventories to differentiate majors of college graduates supported the definition of three dimensions: Business Contract vs. Science, Business Detail vs. Arts, and Service vs. Technical. The implementation of such a three-dimensional scheme for counseling high school students is…