Analyzed relational control behaviors and interaction patterns of 51 couples representing marital life span. Identified three distinct phases of development: short-term couples relied heavily on "equivalence" acts; intermediate couples were more likely to "structure the conversation" but avoided competing for control; and long-term couples relied…

At British Petroleum Exploration, personal development planning is the individual employee's responsibility. The goal is a greater congruence among individual skills, goals, and motivation and the organization's goals. (SK)

Describes a model for sequential stages of group development based on yogic chakra system. Compares chakra-based model with other models of group developmental stages. Using context of chakra system, specifies basic dynamic issues and leader interventions for each stage and discusses relationship of individual development to group process. (Author)

Discusses the solo experience as an outdoor training technique that promotes development of contemplation and insight; emphasizes man's oneness with nature; and seeks to win some moral, philosophical, spiritual, or religious benefit from solitude. Includes relevant quotations by Thoreau, Wordsworth, and others. (SV)

Drawing on a model of wisdom that includes components in three domains (personality, cognition, and conation) and across three levels (intrapersonal, interpersonal, and transpersonal), highlights potential differences in the ways women and men attain and express wisdom; and examines interactive patterns across the components of wisdom. (BC)

Sees healthy development as specified aim of mental health counseling. Classifies theories of development along two dimensions: person's internal drive and person's relationship to environment. Contends that each pole implies different role for counselors, that counselors must combine roles of cultivator and coach, and that mental health…

May Sarton's novel, "Kinds of Love" serves as a text for the study of gerontology and human development, allowing examination of the nature of human change and psychosocial development over time. (SK)

Develops a typology of learning for volunteering, including the types of learning (instrumental, communicative, emancipatory) and examples of formal, nonformal, informal, and incidental education that take place with each. (SK)

A specialized apperception test for physically impaired adolescents was developed. Cards depicting various scenes with physically impaired male and female models were designed to elicit themes relevant for adolescent populations. Two raters evaluated how well each card elicited issues identified in the literature as pertinent to physically…

Puts forth a rationale for including poetry in academic journals, demonstrating how it can create new knowledge. Includes five poems by the author. (SK)

The dominance of rational logic as a way of making meaning is yielding to vision logic, associated with deepening spirituality. Adult education should be grounded in depth psychology, or the psychology of the soul, a way of being and knowing. (SK)

Reviews theoretical models of the imaginary audience and the personal fable and the empirical data pertaining to each model. Highlights problems surrounding the two most commonly used measures. Outlines directions for future research, so that a better understanding of the imaginary audience and personal fable, and their roles in adolescent…

A literature review found some evidence of the effects of career development programs on recidivism. Interviews with prison psychologists and educators identified current programs that target career issues and take into account the unique characteristics of prisoners and the types of interventions that work with them. (Contains 23 references.) (SK)

Responds to Noam's (PS 524 984) and Cicchetti's (PS 524 985) articles in this issue. Suggests that researchers should turn to the coactions of the internal and the external constraints on development that codetermine performance. States the position that cognitive developmental theory, when sensitized to intra- and interindividual differences,…

Investigates the roots and branches of experiential learning. Uses some of the traditional philosophical roots of adult education, progressive, humanist, and radical, to explore the roots of experiential learning. Explores the branches by using the four-village model proposed by Weil and McGill (1989). (Author/YDS)