The purpose of this study was to determine the significance of differences in the use of certain psychoactive drugs among students who enrolled for an elective drug abuse course and students not enrolled, or who have not previously taken a drug abuse course. (Author)

This essay analyzes motivational factors which influence managers from business and industry in their selection and attendance in management development programs. A multi-phasic paradigm is generated. (Author)

Approach described derives from social exchange theory as developed by Thibaut and Kelley, and states that successful therapist must provide client with a series of experiences of low hedonic outcome first to block disordered behavior and then to induce client into new behaviors with which he needs construct revising experiences. Presented at…

Study of Ethiopian university students who participated in a compulsory one-year program of national service. Before-after measures indicated that national service experience affected attitudes most directly related to the service activity itself. More generalized attitudes did not change. (Author)

From a large sample drawn from a national manufacturing organization, 926 employees expressed their opinions about various aspects of their work careers. Job category, sex, age, and education were found to moderate employee opinions about career development, and a need for flexibility in career development programs was indicated. (MLF)

Norms are presented for male and female adults and for adolescents for the Depression Adjective Check Lists, Form E. All frequency distributions are skewed toward the left, particularly with adult samples, where, for both males and females, the rarity of raw scores above 13 makes their presentation not very meaningful. (Author)

Attempted to predict therapeutic persistence with the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). Results revealed only the discriminant function for males achieved a classification accuracy (60 percent) greater than chance expectations; male persisters tended to be less defensive while experiencing greater distress; and female persisters…

This study focuses on a comparison of the dimensional structure regarding how often individuals participate in a set of leisure activities and what significance is attached to the activities by the participants. Factors were labeled cultural, organizational, and sports/games. (JN)

A self-assessment study conducted by the American Association of University Women aimed to develop an in-depth profile of AAUW members in general and branch presidents in particular. A sampling method was used to make a valid reflection of the total membership. (MLW)

This article estimates to what extent changes in the unemployment rate over the past two decades have reflected basic cyclical factors in the demand for labor and to what extent they may stem from noncyclical factors. (BM)

In light of rising costs of conference participation, the value of such participation is discussed and alternatives are considered. Questionnaires completed at the Southern College Personnel Association meeting (1978) emphasize the worth of conferences. (NRB)

This study investigates the relationship of undergraduate research participation to pursuit of graduate education and other activities. Data came from 291 survey respondent who provided information about their post-graduate education pursuits and activities. The findings indicate that undergraduate research participants were more likely to pursue…

Used two experiments to assess extent to which introductory psychology students' self-selection into experiments produced biased samples. Students chose between apparently different experiments with different descriptions and between individual and group sign-up slots. Results demonstrated that students sorted themselves into experiments and into…

A random sample of 661 U.S. and Canadian pharmacists (38 percent response) identified characteristics of pharmacy continuing education (CE) program clientele that might assist in marketing these programs. Attitude toward CE was related to sex, age, practice setting, and source of CE. Practice setting was of most value in targeting a potential…