Questionnaire data from 100 white women in a Southern city were examined to learn whether women belonging to groups that focus on social change were less traditional than women who affiliate with groups whose stated purpose has a social orientation. Results are presented. (Author)

This paper, presented at the American Educational Research Association, Washington, D.C., April 1975, investigates the relationship of Horner's (1968) measure of fear of success to the perception of interpersonal relationships in five samples of male and female college students. Results are discussed in terms of sex similarities and differences.…

Investigates whether selected secure-insecure characteristics ascribed to early recollections (ERs) are related to facilitative functioning within a group in the areas of empathy and genuineness. Results indicate they are not related. (Author)

This article is a summary of the final report on a study, the purpose of which was to define and assess the effect of participatory management in penology. It also distinguishes legend from fact and mythology from reality. (Author)

Changes from decade to decade in family life cycle patterns are analyzed for women who have married this century. Women entering marriage today are expected to have one to two fewer children, to end child-bearing three years sooner, and to have 11 more years of married life after the last child marries. (Author)

This study examines the relationship between the gender of children already born and the likelihood of having subsequent children. Results indicate couples with previous children of the same gender are consistently more likely to bear an additional child. This relationship is more pronounced among Anglos than Mexican Americans. (Author)

This article, presented at the California Personnel and Guidance Association, San Diego, February, 1976, assesses ethnic compositions of college counseling center staffs in two-year and four-year institutions. Of 74 college counseling centers surveyed, a greater percentage of minority counseling staff existed compared to the equivalent group of…

This study ascertains whether the findings of Linkowski and Dunn (1974) were applicable to a sample of teenagers with oral-facial clefts. The following brief description of the nature of this birth defect and the treatment involved will help to explain why these patients are potential candidates for rehabilitation. (Author)

Explored work values of young workers classified according to three degrees of work satisfaction by using two standardized instruments. Results indicate job satisfaction is more closely linked to intrinsic rather than extrinsic factors of work. Considerable agreement on which factors contribute to work satisfaction was evident regardless of…

A sample of 40 college subjects were asked to rate counselor warmth and empathy after viewing videosegments of non-verbal body language. Arm and leg positions significantly affected the ratings of counselor warmth and empathy. The arms-crossed position was the least empathic position. (Author)

This study investigates the accuracy with which occupational choices for 225 male theological school students can be predicted from scores on the Inventory of Religious Activities and Interests by two experienced counselors and by means of two statistical procedures--discriminant function and profile shape. (Author)

Subjects were 27 married couples. The purposes of this study were: (a) to implement an interpersonal-skills training paradigm for training married individuals to exhibit increased self-disclosive behavior in their marital relationships; and (b) to determine the efficacy of experiential and modeling procedures in such training. (Author)

The extent to which individuals can recall feelings they experienced during a dyadic interaction, when shown a televised replay of that interaction, was investigated. Pairs of subjects (N=10) were trained rate their degree of comfort or discomfort during the actual ("live") interaction and, subsequently, as they watched a video-taped replay of…

The study reports on the views of 154 clinical psychologists who designated themselves as eclectics. Many stated that no current theory was adequate for handling the diversity of clients seen in practice; clinicians must select the approach that best fits a given clients. Findings suggest implications for research on psychotherapy. (Author)

Navy enlisted personnel (N=60) were administered the Recall scale of the Kahn Intelligence Test (Experimental Form; KIT) and the Digit Span subtest of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS). Scores for the KIT tasks indicate a significant transfer of data to long-term memory. (Author)