Assessed burnout in 98 career services staff members who completed the Maslach Burnout Inventory. Results showed low scores on the emotional exhaustion and depersonalization subscales, indicating burnout does not exist in this sample. Considers several explanations for these results. (JAC)

Monitored long- and short-term effects of crisis-intervention counseling with hospitalized patients. When compared to a control group, counseled patients on discharge from the hospital showed reductions in anxiety and in indirectly expressed anger. Results supported the use of crisis-intervention counseling to achieve immediate goals, and for…

Investigated the career outcomes of adult males (N=579) who were diagnosed as dyslexic in adolescence. Results indicated that the subjects established themselves in relatively high-level jobs emphasizing nonacademic competencies and had higher-level jobs than average in the general White male population. (LLL)

Measured the sexual adjustment of 14 individuals before coronary bypass surgery and both four months and four years afterwards. Results showed that sexual adjustment worsened with the onset of symptomatic coronary artery disease and did not improve at either follow-up interval. (LLL)

Recent research on self-concept has focused on understanding the self in its specific dimensions or in relation to specific roles or situations. Studies on specific self-concept suggest that specific selves may show more stability than global self-concept. This study explored the situationally specific self-concept of participants in a…

At the Minnesota Technical College in Crookston collegiate-technical education is conceived of as one-third general education and two-thirds technical education. A followup study of graduates from the two-year institution covered area of employment, salary, and commitment to rural America. (SA)

Negative attitudes toward black students found in earlier studies was not replicated here. (ST)

The purpose of this study was to systematically examine three follow-up data collection procedures-telephone, mail, and personal visits-to contribute additional information relative to follow-up feasibility and effectiveness. The investigation also examined the effect of a comprehensive follow-up approach in providing a representiative sample of a…

These results provide substantial evidence for the validity generalization of the simplified prediction procedure used in previous studies. (Author)

This followup study concerns a group of students who had attended occupational schools. (MM)

The effect of subject loss on the validity of conclusions drawn in a followup study of adjustment of previously institutionalized mental retardates was investigated. (Author)

Described is a program in which social workers operate outside traditional agency structures to insure that mentally retarded clients receive services they need at the proper time, to inform clients about available services, to provide supportive counseling, and to maintain continuous contact through the various stages of each client's life. (GW)