Explored phenomenological meanings of retirement for women and factors associated with adjustment among employed and retired women. No differences were found in levels of morale, adjustment, or self-esteem. Correlations of background, status, and attitudinal variables with measures of morale, adjustment, and self-esteem indicated that the factors…

A total of 133 children was assessed at ages one, two, three, four, and five, in the teen period, and in young adulthood. Difficult/easy temperament scores in the earlier periods were compared with the later young adult scores. Ages three and four were found to be better predictors of young adults' temperament than were ages one, two, and five.…

Examined factors influencing the decisions of 251 battered women to leave their partners. Results showed women who left had had shorter relationships and were more likely employed and non-White. Women who stayed with their assailants cited love, economic hardship, and belief the abuser would change as reasons. (JAC)

Examined the congruence between marital partners' perceptions, metaperceptions, and meta-metaperceptions, as well as the impact of this congruence on communicative satisfaction, in 50 couples. The data indicated high levels of agreement, understanding, feeling understood, realization, and communicative satisfaction in the couples and no…

Examined relationships between self-disclosure and marital satisfaction in 50 couples. On self-report measures, husbands' disclosure to wives was positively related to and predictive of husbands' marital satisfaction. Wives' disclosure to husbands was a predictor of husbands' marital satisfaction and positively related to and predictive of wives'…

Investigated the intercorrelations among personal concern variables of college-age adolescents (N=88) and ego identity statuses. The results assisted in distinguishing male and female identity statuses. The findings tended to indicate that coping with the identity crisis (e.g., identity status) involves concomitant personal concern components.…

Notes the inconsistent findings that characterize research on marital instability and proposes several potential methodological sources of these inconsistencies. Presents an illustrative application to data from two recent national representative probability samples. (JAC)

This article summarizes the properties of binomial and multinomial logit models, reviews applications of these models in recreation, and provides guidance to the technical literature on estimation techniques. Recommendations for improving models of recreation choice are offered. (DF)

Used the Session Evaluation Questionnaire (SEQ) to measure the perspectives of 17 novice counselors and their 72 clients on 942 individual counseling sessions. Results suggested novice counselors' judgments of session depth and value may bear little relation to their clients' evaluations, but counselors' comfort and mood were moderately…

Examined the relationship between sources of information and service utilization, based on household interviews of 706 older adults. Information about services obtained through formal sources was the best predictor of service utilization. Most respondents, however, learned of services primarily through the media or through informal sources.…

Tested Lewis and Spanier's theory of marital quality and marital stability using a sample of 131 married and 166 divorced social survey respondents. Examined the relationship between the quality and stability of their marriages and assessed the influence of alternative attractions and external pressures to remain married. (JAC)

Examined variables to describe at-risk students among 400 first-semester freshmen, based on test scores, demographics, and a mailed survey. Results showed student observations about their early experiences on campus and their reported future plans were the best predictors. Useful predictors from precollege data involved academic achievement and…

Used an index of "maternal rapport" to examine perceived relationships to mothers of 171 adult women. Overall, relationships were seen as rewarding, particularly by women who were not mothers themselves. Psychological well-being and mother's health were significantly correlated with rapport; daughter's age and mother's marital status…

Assesses the extent to which the Urist Rorschach Mutuality of Autnonomy Scale (MAS) can differentiate levels of pathology in previously hospitalized adults (N=60). Results suggested that the MAS accurately reflects observed pathology severity at time of hospitalization and over a lifetime, but not at the time of assessment. (LLL)

Suggests that goal setting and goal achievement are important predictors of success. Some of the necessary ingredients are desire, imagination, concentration, and discipline. Goals must be identified, categorized into short-range and long-range goals, and backed by contingency plans. (JAC)