Examines the relationship between individual and general environmental characteristics for elementary (n=1,090), junior high (n=692), and high school (n=813) students and their odds of violent victimization in or around school. Results suggest that regardless of age, the risk of victimization is higher for students who think it is impossible to…

Study used an ecological framework to examine potential predictors of behavior problems among children of cocaine-using mothers. Maternal and child exposure to violence were considered to be distal ecological variables; substance use and caregiving were considered more proximal variables. Also investigates whether violent experiences contributed…

Examines the role of four noncognitive variables in predicting academic performance in 200 Division I athletes. Studies the noncognitive variables of athletic-academic commitment, feelings of being exploited, academic self-worth, self-handicapping excuses as well as several background and academic preparation variables. Finds all four noncognitive…

A national sample of female graduates of nursing schools (n=189) was resurveyed after 3 years. Scores on a caring ability inventory significantly increased after their entry into practice. The strongest predictor of postgraduate caring ability was undergraduate ability; school climate was second. (SK)

Investigates the relationships among pronunciation level (decoding), verbal level (listening), and accuracy level (reading) in grades 1 to 6, and for students who are in the advanced phase of decoding. Finds that the level of reading accuracy of students can be improved the most throughout grades 1 to 6 by emphasizing instruction that will improve…

Examines sexual harassment and assault of women in a wartime military example. Explores the impacts of these stressors and combat exposure on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology. Harassment and assault were higher than in civilian and peacetime military samples. The number of postwar stressful life events mediated the relationship…

A meta analysis was conducted of studies examining the relationship between grade point average and salary, with salary as the dependent variable. Results suggest that grades may be meaningful predictors of current salary and somewhat meaningful for starting salary. (SK)

Provides a review of published, counseling-relevant literature on the physical environment, with a focus on physical elements that may enhance or detract from the counseling process. Describes environmental variables that are relevant to counseling, provides examples of their practical importance, and describes possible application to counseling…

Identifies word factors associated with poor spelling in 5 school year-groups (ages 7 to 11 years) as: (1) the word's frequency in the English language; (2) word length; and (3) a measure of the phoneticity of the word. Explores the concept of word phoneticity. Presents data illustrating the predictive model of spelling. Discusses implications for…

This study, with 15 individuals having intellectual disabilities, found that each participant's social skills moderately predicted the average social stability achieved by all of his/her social network members, but poorly predicted average social stability achieved by the participant's three most stable social network members. Social network…

The Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire was used to survey 335 male and 81 female Ohio secondary assistant principals regarding predictors for job and career satisfaction. Respondents who believed they were accomplishing much on their jobs, their talents were being utilized, and there were advancement opportunities reported greater job…

Investigates, in two experiments, whether scores on the Role Category Questionnaire (RCQ) predicted the amount of psychological knowledge activated about others. Uses meta-analytic comparison of the results from the experiments to suggest that RCQ scores significantly predict the amount of conceptual psychological knowledge activated about others.…

Examines the Rodgers, Rowe, and Buster (1998) epidemic model of the onset of social activities for adolescent sexuality. Maintains that its strengths include its theoretical potential to generate new hypotheses for further testing at the individual level. Asserts that its limitations include the lack of a well-developed statistical framework and…

Reviews and comments on Stoolmiller's (1998) criticisms of an epidemic model of the onset of social activities (EMOSA) and about nonlinear modeling in general. Discusses the idea of social contagion as a general theoretical tool. (Author)

Compares approaches to modeling ordinal outcome variables, including assumptions, interpretations, and limitations. Explores how the multiple regression approach with ordinal level data can compromise the understanding of the effects of the independent variables and of the ordinal level response. Provides applications with data from a multisite…