Describes a study that examined the characteristics of uncited papers in the biomedical literature. The variables examined included number of authors; number of words in title; number of references; journal age, price, and circulation; research support from the National Institute of Health; and biomedical research level. (18 references) (CLB)

Longitudinal data provide an encouraging base for further investigation of early individual differences in attentiveness and possible early precursors of later attention deficits. In the study, full-term and preterm children were observed at 1, 2, and 3.5 years in free play and in more structured situations. (RH)

Investigated relationship between organizational context characteristics and personnel practices. Results from 267 organizations supported hypothesis that personnel practices vary as function of organizational characteristics (industry sector, pursuit of innovation as competitive strategy, manufacturing technology, organizational structure).…

The accuracy was assessed of a method for estimating unrestricted univariate predictor means and variances from sample data for three populations in two personnel selection contexts. The first context was characterized by direct non-strict truncation and the second was characterized by direct strict truncation on the predictor. (TJH)

Tested 149 adolescent residents of county center for juvenile status offenders. Data analysis revealed eight variables discriminating between first-time and recidivist runaways. Variables characterized recidivist runaway as urban Caucasian having previous contact with agency; staying at center average of 13.6 days; and having lower general…

Tested the hypothesis that development of secure attachments is predictable from synchronous, and insecure attachments from asynchronous interactions across the first year. Findings from 30 dyads (10 secure, 10 avoidant, 10 resistant) supported the hypothesis at one and three months, with synchronous interaction observed at significantly,…

Compared residualized Kendrick Battery scores, measures of affect, and measures of organicity among 53 elderly persons to determine measures' ability to differentiate elderly persons who survived and those who did not. Results suggest that Kendrick Battery subtests, measures of depression and organicity, in combination with length of…

Used ordinal probit analysis to develop a model to predict the disposition of 1,447 child physical abuse reports submitted to child protective services. Analysis revealed that the best performing model involved the dichotomized dependent variable of ruled out and uncertain versus indicated and confirmed. (MDM)

Used combined questionnaire and register data on 39,000 Norwegian men and women to show that psychological well-being was strong predictor of subsequent marital dissolution over 2- to 4-year period. Strength of relationship was particularly strong in short run but remained significant throughout period of observation. (Author/NB)

Investigated impact of four metaphysical beliefs (existence of God, attributes of God, afterlife, consequences of suffering) on death anxiety. Householders (n=120), one-half of whom lived in high exposure to death sight areas, responded to pictures depicting death and nondeath scenes to measure death anxiety. Subjects from low exposure areas…

A generalized measure of association and an associated test of significance are presented for nominal independent variables in which any number or combination of interval, ordinal, or nominal dependent variables can be analyzed. A permutation test of significance is provided for the new measure. (SLD)

Examination of the stochastics of moderated multiple regression (MMR) reveals that MMR is an appropriate technique when predictors are fixed variables and the distribution of errors is normal but is not appropriate when predictors are random variables and the joint distribution of criterion and predictor variables is multivariate normal. (SLD)

A general structural modeling approach to correlates and predictors of change in multiwave design is discussed. It allows estimation of theoretically and empirically relevant interrelationship indexes between growth and decline in longitudinally assessed psychological constructs and additional variables. Data from a study of aged adults illustrate…

The regression coefficients and the associated standard errors in hierarchical regression, when a theoretical basis for the analysis exists, are determined for four regression models. Each reflects different controlling or partialling of the variates. An illustration is presented using data from the Berkeley Growth Study. (SLD)

Summarizes a study of four Lutheran schools to determine whether there were significant differences between the mean degree of parent involvement in educational activities at the instructional and institutional levels and for grades K-6 and grades 7 and 8, as revealed by parent opinion. Participation is greater at the instructional level but is…