With the trend toward early retirement and the fact that people are living to an older average age, more years of an individual's life will be spent in retirement. To examine personal values as psychological determinants of the retirement preparation process, 206 classified university employees, between the ages of 50 and 65 years of age,…

Self-esteem is widely perceived to be important. This study examined the role of self-esteem as a moderator of social behavior in a sample selected to represent a broad range on the self-esteem dimension. Student subjects representing high, medium, and low levels of self-esteem were selected from a large sample (N=1,051) such that those…

This study attempted to identify predictors of perception and coping after the occurrence of a myocardial infarction. Sixty males and 17 females who had suffered from a myocardial infarction within 3 months prior to the research were recruited from a hospital rehabilitation program. Subjects completed the Peri-Life Events Scale, the 16-PF…

Three ridge regression solutions are compared with ordinary least squares regression and with principal components regression using all components. Ridge regression, particularly the Lawless-Wang solution, out-performed ordinary least squares regression and the principal components solution on the criteria of stability of coefficient and closeness…

Illustrates the use of multiple regression analysis for computing conditional probabilities of occurrence of events based on the functional relationship between a dependent response variate and one or more independent predictors. (RC)

The transition from virginity to nonvirginity was studied in high school and college males and females. Virgins were found to differ from nonvirgins on measures of value on achievement, value on independence, available models for deviance, and other factors. (GO)

Reports results of a study in which the investigator attempted to identify dimensions of perceived vocal attributes, assess the specific effects of perceived vocal attributes on credibility evaluations, and compare attributes and dimensions of attributes on their contributions to variance in credibility judgments. (GW)

Three variables, considered in concert, proved to be powerful predictors of daily newspaper circulation: (1) number of households in the community which were owned by their residents; (2) population of the community; and (3) number of single-family dwelling units in the community. (GW)

The cross-validated classification accuracies of three predictor weighting strategies (least squares, ridge regression, and reduced rank) were compared under varying simulated data conditions for the two-group classification problem. Results were somewhat similar to previous findings with multiple regression when absolute rather than relative…

The author proposes and validates a model to predict the outcome of representative elections contested by trade unions and employee associations in the public sector. The model hypothesizes that winners can be predicted from such individual employee characteristics as gender, race, age, seniority, and job level. (Author/SK)

Administered Resident Assistant Stress Inventory and Maslach Burnout Inventory to 164 resident assistants at medium-sized, midwestern state university to identify factors that relate to burnout among resident assistants. Found that being female, working in a freshman residence hall, and inability to express one's values all related significantly…

Presents an analysis of the determinants of job satisfaction in teachers at various age levels. Results indicate job satisfaction increases with age, job values remain constant with age, job rewards increase with age, and the major determinants of job satisfaction are intrinsic to teaching for younger teachers and extrinsic to teaching for older…

Investigated a set of 15 variables for their prediction of organizational commitment in two battalions of part-time army reservists (N=1,201). Results indicated that organizational commitment was significantly and consistently predicted by job satisfaction and intent to stay. (LLL)

A discriminant function analysis identified eight statistically significant variables which differentiated adolescents placed in mental health or juvenile justice systems. In order of decreasing importance they are: ethnicity, gender, depression, previous mental health history, productivity, drug use, parental marital history, and parental…