Includes "An Introduction to Three Studies" (Stone); "The Value of Illinois Secondary Marketing Education Programs: Perceptions of Graduates and Employers" (Haynes, Wray); "The Contributions of Marketing Education to Business and Society in Texas" (Moorman); and "Employers' and Graduates' Perceptions of the…

A 14-item instrument, the Dentist Satisfaction Survey-14, a form of a previously validated instrument, is described. Use with 522 dentists, and 29 in a follow-up, indicates that the short form is a parsimonious tool for general evaluation of dentists' job satisfaction. (SLD)

Reports on a survey of 125 Anglo-Saxon adoptees in Ontario, Canada, who had completed a reunion with their biological mothers and relatives 6 months to 4 years before the survey. Topics of discussion include adoptees' motivations to search for their mothers; the search and reunion activities; and the reactions of adoptees, biological mothers, and…

Of 2,408 graduates from Houston's High School for Health Professions (1975-89), 1,190 responded to survey in which only 82 expressed interest in allied health professions. Examination of career choices, educational pursuits, perceptions of likelihood of career attainment, and factors influencing attainment led to conclusion that students are…

A survey of 225 primarily female participants in a 2-week physical therapy refresher course received 182 responses indicating that 75 percent sought knowledge updating and 25 percent prepared for licensing. Refresher courses were considered appropriate for addressing labor shortages and enabling inactive professionals, often women, to reenter…

The possibility that the decision to use a prepaid monetary incentive to increase physician responses to a survey was studied with an initial sample of 328 physicians. Results suggest that the incentive was not nearly as effective in a follow-up, and delaying its use diminishes beneficial results. (SLD)

Four studies evaluated perceptions of fluency of persons who had been treated with the "smooth speech" fluency shaping technique. The studies examined (1) client satisfaction with treatment; (2) increased employment opportunities for program completers; (3) employer perceptions of employees' speech quality; and (4) possible determinants…

Describes model job rotation plan in a college student affairs division in which a staff member (intern) rotates among departments as a staff development opportunity. A 10-year follow-up evaluation underscored the success of the program. Concludes job rotation is not just learning experience, but it is also sharing experience. (Author/ABL)

The impact of an adapted "Feeling Yes, Feeling No" sexual abuse prevention curriculum was measured with 286 third and fourth graders. Treatment children exhibited significantly greater knowledge and better ability to discriminate safe from unsafe situations compared to controls. These gains were maintained at six-week and one-year…

Birth weight above and below 2,500 grams was compared with intellectual performance and school achievement at ages 10 and 13 for 874 students in a Swedish community. Results indicated that low birth weight girls, but not low birth weight boys, suffered in their school performance. (Author/JDD)

A sample of 175 British 7-year olds was interviewed, and 114 were reinterviewed at age 11. Results showed teaching and fighting to be common in school life. More boys than girls were teased or involved in fighting. Although over half said racial teasing occurred, very few said it happened to them. Retaliation was the most frequent coping strategy.…

Victims (N=100, age 6-17) of intrafamilial sexual abuse were analyzed to study child and family demographics, abuse characteristics, and family response as determinants of immediate and later placement. Important determinants were maternal support and offender's residential status. At follow up, 73 percent of the children had been removed from the…

Pre-/postintervention data were collected from 208 of 226 occupational therapy graduates (1982-89) who had undergone a session designed to influence their attitudes about older people. A total of 94% worked with older adults; most of the 79% who remembered the intervention felt it influenced them, and 55% thought their practice continued to be…

Provides a retrospective update of a 1974 profile of the English department at Hinds Community College, Raymond, Mississippi. Discusses the major changes for the school: (1) it is no longer a "junior college"; and (2) it has expanded its campus. Describes the faculty, activities, curriculum, extracurricular activities, school changes,…

Subjects diagnosed "extremely dangerous" and given psychological treatment during placement in an institution for adjudicated juvenile delinquents (N=44) were followed after release. Findings regarding recidivism, crime, and violence are reported. Prediction of future violence is discussed; the effectiveness of psychological intervention…