Five hundred college students who had used Kent State University's School Health Service were surveyed to determine patient satisfaction with health care services. Overall satisfaction with the services was high, and satisfaction was significantly influenced by patients' perceptions of practitioners' technical competence and by the adequacy of the…

This 1978 study developed and formatively evaluated an attitude questionnaire regarding perceptions of the public school media specialist's role. The questionnaire was used to determine differences in expectations held by college-level media educators, media specialists, principals, and teachers in a 10-district school consortium. Twenty-four…

Examines the early maturity of children in single-parent households: its evolution, its forms, and some of its short- and long-term effects. (Author/CM)

The professional journal's role in research and perceived criteria for journal publication in the sciences were examined using national surveys of agricultural journal editors and scientists in 13 disciplines. Both editors and scientists saw the value of the author's findings to the field as the most important criterion for publication. (NQA)

The author analyzes and provides an operational definition of the faculty's role in doctoral-level, competency-based training programs in special education supervision. (SB)

Defines the role of a department head and suggests some ways to help schools use department chairmen more effectively. (MLF)

A career is defined as the roles played by a person during a lifetime. A life-career rainbow is presented to help conceptualize multidimensional careers. Self-actualization role conflicts and role selection are discussed. (Author)

This paper examines the place that mentorship has, and might potentially have, in the development of scholarliness in nursing. It argues that mentorship and sponsorship are essential for the scholarly development of nurses and for the integration of the scholarly role in the self. (CT)

A nationwide project (Physicians Serving Handicapped Children) to provide continuing medical education to primary care physicians who provide office based health care to handicapped children is described. (Author)

Examined sex role expectancies for counselors as a function of sex of student, preference for counselor's sex, and sex of counselor. Results indicated that males expected counselors to be less masculine than did females. Male counselors were expected to be masculine. Female counselors were expected to be psychologically androgynous. (Author/BEF)

Examined the moderating effects of employee ability on the role perceptions-intrinsic satisfaction relationship. Subjects (N=89) were middle-lower managerial personnel. Results emphasize the importance of matching an individual's ability with the total work environment. Implications for the work adjustment theory, stress management and future…

Couples (N=336) were interviewed for their perceptions of the fairness of their own and their spouses's efforts in the family roles of cooking, housekeeping, provider, companion, and parent. Perceived equity in family roles tended to increase over the life cycle for both husbands and wives, but some differences existed. (Author)

Investigates the role expections and possibility of role conflict of Catholic college chaplains. On questionnaires both chaplains and students report major differences between ideal role and the real work of chaplains. All chaplains perceived counseling as a major role but it was not their major source of student contact. (JAC)

Presents a role perception model of goal setting content and leader initiating structure to examine their effectiveness as strategies to reduce role stress and to increase employee satisfaction. Results indicated that both goal setting content and leader initiating structure are related to employee satisfaction. (Author)

The study investigated possible differences between 113 children identified as emotionally handicapped and 368 normal children with regard to cognitive complexity (ability to differentiate among behavioral dimensions in the social environment). (Author/SB)