Attempted to predict therapy dropouts using data gathered at marital therapy intake with 474 couples seeking marital therapy who attended at least 1 session. Significant predictors of dropping out included having less than two children, having a male intake clinician, and presenting problem relating only to one spouse. (Author/ABL)

In this field study, counselor/client (N=49) pairs completed measures assessing strength, importance, and satisfaction of working alliance they had developed in early phase of their counseling relationship. Results suggest counselors and clients differ with respect to some perceptions and strength of alliance is predictor of satisfaction with…

Describes how a hierarchical regression analysis may be conducted in structural equation modeling. The main procedure is to perform a Cholesky or triangular decomposition of the intercorrelations among the latest predictors. Provides an example of a hierarchical regression analysis with latent variables. (SLD)

Examined out-of-home care experience for 131 behaviorally impaired Nebraska children entering care during one year. Analyzed behavioral impairment, age at entry, age at termination, gender, race/ethnicity, family violence, geographical area before and at termination, closeness to home of most recent placement, and length of time in care.…

Proposes a heuristic method for estimating the relative weight of predictor variables in multiple regression that is computationally efficient with any number of predictors and that can be shown to produce results similar to those produced by more complex methods. (SLD)

Data from 483 workers in 172 occupations were examined for correlations of 11 congruence indices to each other and to 2 job satisfaction measures. None of the 22 correlations between indices and measures was significant. The congruence-satisfaction relationship varied according to Holland personality type. (SK)

Describes the use of multilevel modeling (MLM) in counseling research and discusses the goals of MLM. Highlights how MLM can be used to provide statistical references in the presence of hierarchical data structure; to separate the within-group effects from between-group effects for predictor variables; and to study the interactions among predictor…

An electronic search of Medline and PsycInfo produced 29 studies that specifically investigated the effects of religion on adolescent tobacco use. Independent (religion) and dependent (tobacco use) variables and variables controlled for in statistical analyses were categorized. Twenty-two of the 29 studies reported at least one significant effect…

Long-term follow-up information on children who have participated in early childhood special education (ECSE) has seldom been available. In the present study, the cognitive and academic performance of 171 thirteen-year-old graduates of 2 ECSE curricula is examined. Although preschool cognitive measures continued to predict later performance…

Prior research suggests that infants attend to a variable in an event category when they have identified it as relevant for predicting outcomes in the category, and that the age at which infants identify a variable depends largely on the age at which they are exposed to appropriate observations. Thus, depending on age of exposure, infants may…

This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2019, organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Modern psychology offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and…

Research on the relationship between teachers' characteristics and teacher effectiveness has been underway for over a century, yet little progress has been made in linking teacher quality with factors observable at the time of hire. However, most research has examined a relatively small set of characteristics that are collected by school…

This paper was developed in the interest of extending the reach and benefits of national and community service programs to larger numbers of persons from disadvantaged populations. In particular, this paper is intended to increase understanding of both challenges and opportunities that may accompany efforts to increase the participation by…

The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of acceleration (dual enrollment) on college graduation. Over 9,200 student records from 1996 to 2006 at North Iowa Area Community College were analyzed in a logistics regression model. Holding all other independent variables constant the odds that an accelerated student graduates compared to a…

In this study, depressive symptoms of 2,011 European-American, African-American, and Latina low-income mothers at approximately 14 months after birth of the child were examined. Maternal age was used as a predictor of depressive symptoms. Overall, 31.9% of mothers were classified as depressed using the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression…