Examined aspects of patient status and caregiver perceptions in 46 pairs of elderly psychiatric patients and their caregivers. Found that significant predictors of caregiver burden included disruptive patient behavior, caregiver distress, and patients' functional limitations. Findings suggest that predictors of caregiver burden vary with patient…

Forty-five abusive parents were compared on 22 parent, child, and treatment variables posited to bear on reabuse. No one variable alone was strongly associated with reabuse, but interactions involving several variables (e.g., income source, marital status, and abuser's personal history) significantly differentiated between reabusers and…

Examined relationship between self-esteem and reported mourning behavior as it pertains to loneliness in young adults who, as children, had experienced parental death. Subjects (N=184) aged 18 to 25 completed four questionnaires. Revealed that self-esteem was the single best predictor of loneliness; reported mourning behaviors significantly added…

Tested Kohn's theory that people who work in highly supervised, routinized occupations are likely to value obedience and conformity in marital and parental relationships. Findings from 244 couples revealed that working conditions were not strong predictors of division of household labor. Concludes that nontraditional gender role values,…

Examined the degree to which depression predicted pain and pain behavior. The Beck Depression Inventory was administered to 207 low back pain patients. Depression and physical findings were the most important predictors of pain and pain behavior. Depression proved significant even after controlling for important demographic and medical status…

Examined Black subjects' preferences for salient counselor characteristics. The results revealed that the top five preferred counselor characteristics were more education, similar attitudes and values, older, similar personality, and same ethnicity, in that order. (Author/BL)

Interviewed heart attack victims (N=287) seven weeks and eight years after their attack. Explored interrelations among causal attributions for the attack, survivor morbidity, and heart attack recurrence. Found that patients who cited benefits from their misfortune seven weeks after the first attack were less likely to have another attack and had…

Examined the long-term outcome of broad-spectrum behavioral treatment for alcoholism and the relative effects of training controlled drinking skills. Showed no significant difference between groups on any dependent measure at the 5-6 year follow-up point. Analyzes the stability of drinking patterns and presents predictors of outcome at 5-6 years.…

Performed a discriminant analysis on a sample of 1,715 sixth- and eighth-grade students to determine which children drink alcohol and which sociocultural factors influence their decision. Parental drinking patterns, race, sex, and grade level have predictive ability. Suggests targeting individuals prone to drink heavily for special counseling.…

Surveyed college students (N=272) and convicted DWI offenders (N=261). The results revealed that DWI offenders tend to drink in their own home, alone, and to relieve stress; whereas college students are more likely to drink at a party, for the enjoyment of taste, and to get drunk. (JAC)

Results of a grade 12 marketplace survey indicated a high correlation between students' and parents' perceptions that the college experience is a value-added experience in preparation for employment and a significant variance between counselors' opinions as to why students select colleges as compared to students' and parents' opinions. (Author/BL)

Examined the prediction that marital adjustment would be more a function of intra-relationship skills and beliefs than of extra-relationship hardships among dual-worker couples. In support of the predictions, the couples' belief in their ability to resolve disagreements was found to be the best predictor of marital adjustment. (Author/BL)

Predicted that parents' gender, level of psychological differentiation, perceptions of the marital relationship, and occupational identities would account for differences in parental experiences. Sex differences were found. Greater marital harmony and more advanced occupational identity statuses predicted more confident parenting; better marital…

Assessed working mothers' degree of role strain, and their perceptions of their work, child care, and family environments. Role strain among working mothers was found to be related to factors in their work and home environments, such as their job satisfaction, and the degree of conflict in their families. (Author/BL)

Research was conducted to identify the most prolific journal writers in the field, and 18 persons were surveyed in order to ascertain how they organized themselves personally and professionally, in order to write productively. The results are analyzed, and recommendations are made regarding the organization of oneself for publishing success.…