A 25-year-old male suffering from pervasive anxiety was treated with a modified induced anxiety procedure. Results indicated that as modified induced anxiety was sequentially applied to anxiety levels, there was a corresponding decline in self-monitored anxiety at the targeted level. (Author)

Relaxation as self-control and desensitization were compared to a wait-list control in reduction of rest and other anxieties. Active treatments differed significantly from the control treatment. Subjects in both treatments reported less debilitating test anxiety, whereas desensitization subjects showed greater facilitating test anxiety. (Author)

Eating behaviors of 34 overweight and 37 nonoverweight male and female customers of a quick-service diner were observed for differences in speed of eating as a function of weight, sex, and type of meal selected. Overweight take fewer bites and chews. (Author)

Extended recent research concerning effects of stressful life events. Scores for amount of recent life change correlated positively with symptoms of maladjustment and external locus of control and negatively with social interest. (Author)

The need for preadmission counselling among 45 female applicants to homes for the aged was assessed by examining applicant morale, expectations about the institutions, amount of contact with the facilities, and status on the waiting list. (Author)

Compared with men, women were found to be vocationally more mature and their intrinsic work values were more related to vocational maturity. (Author)

This study investigates the effects of age, level of education, and institutionalization on the development of logical thinking. Seven Piagetian tasks, encompassing three levels of difficulty, were administered to 34 persons 68 years of age or older. A significant positive relationship was found between success on tasks and educational level.…

This study report is primarily concerned with how social origin variables affect early educational and occupational orientations. The results indicate that mother's education has a greater effect than father's education. These young women hold very traditional status orientations. This study offers limited insight into the status attainment…

Male and female black undergraduates responded to five stories about married black physicians. Results are compared with a study of predominantly white students. Black females favored maternal child care even when this reduced the family income. Results are discussed relevant to collaborating career patterns among middle-class black families.…

Using data obtained from over 2,000 college students, subscales of the PRF ANDRO scale are shown to be independent, reliable, minimally related to socially desirable responding, and substantially related to the corresponding subscales of Bem's Sex Role Inventory and to major personality dimensions. (Author)

In a study comparing schizophrenic language performance with the language performance profiles characteristic of aphasia, apraxia of speech, generalized intellectual impairment, and confused language, 27 schizophrenic patients (20 to 67 years old) were tested with an aphasia test battery. (Author/IM)

Accurate knowledge of the institution's past policies and composition considered within a broader state, regional, or national historical context can be an advantage in coping with complex institutional concerns. Implications for researchers are discussed. (Author/LBH)

Prevention as a concept can be applied to a population closely associated with children: that of day care workers. This study outlines typical problems and concerns of workers as well as several important parameters of the day care work world. (Author)

The altrustic other orientation (AOO) is used to examine self-sacrifice in women originating in the male-female relationship. The hypothesis that women who do not accept the altrustic other orientation are more likely to be self-supporting in middle years and attain more academic degrees than those who do was confirmed. (Author)

A causal model of indicators was derived from Ginzberg, Ginsburg, Axelrad, and Herma's developmental framework of occupational choice. Findings suggest that "realistic" choices (expectations) demonstrate an increasing dissocaition from earlier "fantasy" choices (aspirations) primarily through the formation of perceived…