Reexamined the eight duty factors identified by Muthard and Salomone, which have been viewed as a definitive description of rehabilitation counselor role behavior. Data were reanalyzed using cluster analysis. Original results were replicated with modifications, increasing the meaningfulness of the description of rehabilitation counselor role…

The author shares his views and insights regarding the role and responsibility of an advocate and discusses whether school board negotiators are prepared to act as a group to protect the interests of their clients as a group. (Author/MLF)

The death of one's spouse brings trauma, grief, and the necessity of restructuring one's life. Some widowed persons experience economic hardships, emotional and social problems, and ill health. Help should be offered to widowed persons in such a way that they are not made to feel dependent. (Author)

Reports that children's beliefs concerning the different characteristics of males and females vary according to the age and sex of the child. (ST)

Examined correlates of role (discloser vs facilitator) and personality characteristics of sensitivity to rejection and affiliative tendency in self-disclosing behaviors and partner evaluations following self-disclosure. Results indicated that facilitators were less open and more authoritative than disclosers. Persons scoring higher on sensitivity…

Describes some of the different roles an instructional consultant may fill and their implications for both clients and consultants. The focus is on the differences between consultants as generalists and as specialists, and between consultants as advisors to others and as direct providers of products or services. (Author)

The continued education of practicing counselors is essential. Equally as important is training of counselor educators who are knowledgeable about the settings in which their students will function. Proposes a model for achieving both tasks, one in which practicing counselors receive on-site supervision from counselor educators in training.…

This article reports on a study conducted among supervisors, superintendents, and teachers to determine what congruence existed relative to expectations for supervisory personnel. Each of these groups indicated how much time they thought supervisors should spend in each of 10 roles. Results are included. (KC)

Results of this study indicate that violent offenses are more likely committed by youths acting alone. Nonviolent offenses are more likely committed in groups. Of female delinquencies, 57 percent were committed in groups. (Author)

Results indicated that both objective evidence and nonverbal behaviors significantly affected perceived expertness. There was no difference in the credibility ratings of the counselor between male and female subjects. Objective evidence and sex interacted significantly, as did objective evidence and nonverbal behavior. (Author)

A study of 50 schools investigated extent to which the degree of congruence in principal's and students' perceptions of the principal's role was related to the level of student conflict behavior. Results indicated high negative relationship and that a major determinant of student conflict may be perception of the school administration. (DS)

A preschool psychologist recounts his personal experiences performing three roles other than the traditional diagnostic and psychometric functions: those of consultant, program developer, and researcher. (CP)

Differences among impartiality, objectivity, partisanship, fanaticism, and skepticism are viewed as relevant to the role of the evaluator. The desirability of establishing a community of minds committed to argumentation before beginning an evaluation is suggested. (Author/CTM)

Using an attitude questionnaire, it was found that the school inspector is in a conflict situation--his superior expects him to be a bureaucrat but his subordinates expect him to be a professional educational leader. He attempts to resolve the conflict by adopting a "moral-expedient" way of behaving. (Author/IRT)

Describes Milgram's experiments in which individuals (assigned the role of "teacher") obeyed instructions to administer what they thought were severe electric shocks to "learners," and reports criticisms of the findings. Concludes that the experiments were sound and that they demonstrate that morality is situation-related…