Fifty-one children who had spent their first 2-7 years in institutions, and who had been visited previously at the age of 4 1/2 years, were reassessed at the age of 8. Seven children had never left the institutions, the rest had been adopted, fostered, or restored to their biological parent. (JB)

The notion that medical education is a rigidly structured system, consisting of a few, relatively fixed patterns leading to different career outcomes, was not supported in this study using data from the Association of American Medical College's Longitudinal Study. Evidence was found of stratification among structural factors that influence access…

Describes a follow-up study of all engineering graduates of McNeese State University since 1961. Reports that the data obtained were useful in preparing for accreditation and in structuring the ongoing engineering program. (SL)

Results of a questionnaire are presented which solicited from a random sampling of students information on health problems, health-related behavior, general well-being, sexual attitudes, and demographic characteristics. (MJB)

Personality changes in a sample of 49 women physicians were measured by psychological tests and interview procedures. They suggested greater effectiveness in work and achievements, more introspection, more certainty about goals, more awareness and acceptance of traditional role demands, and less striving for success and need to impress others.…

The percentage of black pharmacy graduates who returned to practice in areas similar to the neighborhoods in which they were raised was investigated using a 15-item questionnaire distributed to the 42 black graduates of the University of Illinois College of Pharmacy graduating between 1960 and 1975. (LBH)

A sample of 741 students worked through a self-instructional chemistry program after completing tests of extraversion, neuroticism, verbal intelligence, non-verbal intelligence and background knowledge in chemistry. Results showed none of the interactions involving neuroticism was significant, and indicated that the significant interaction…

Clients were asked to state and rate severity of their presenting problem at the initial interview. A follow-up questionnaire allowed a self-report measure of change (as compared to satisfaction) to be constructed, used to assess the counseling service. Presented at the meeting of the American Personnel and Guidance Association, Chicago, April…

A followup study of predictions made based on psychiatric tests and psychological interviews of medical students in the 1940s found that neither the interviews nor the tests predicted the participants' mental or physical health or their occupational or marital adjustment as of 1982. (MSE)

Follow-up of 34 pupils (age range 6-22 originally) who had attended a university-sponsored tutoring program 5 years earlier is discussed in terms of persistence and nature of the problems, and characteristics of subgroups including graduates from academic high school programs, graduates from non-academic programs, drop-outs, and a reportedly…

Chronic tension and vascular headache patients, initially treated with relaxation and biofeedback, were followed-up on an annual basis at two-, three-, and four-years posttreatment. Tension headache patients generally showed good maintenance of initial headache reduction at Year Four. Vascular patients showed a nonsignificant trend for gradual…

Presents a follow-up study to the 1984 One Term Training Opportunity (OTTO) for headteachers and senior teachers conducted by the City of Birmingham Polytechnic. Discusses the effects of the management training course and attempts to determine whether the performance of managers was significantly affected by management training. (GEA)

A study of the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine's preparatory program, designed to assist minority and educationally disadvantaged students to prepare for admission to and success in medical and dental schools, shows that 87 percent of graduates admitted to medical school had graduated from or were in school. (MSE)

Followed up on tension and vascular headache patients, intially treated with biofeedback and/or relaxation training in either a minimal therapist contact or an intensive individual protocol, where one-half of patients continued keeping headache diaries and were seen monthly; others had minimal contact. Demonstrated equally good maintenance from…