The Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory profiles for female and male pharmacy students were compared. Female and male students obtained similar interest patterns when separate norms for men and women were used. (Author)

The Career Maturity Inventory Attitude Scale materials were found to provide very little useful information concerning the instrument's reliability. The data that were interpretable showed the scale to have quite modest reliability. (Author)

The major hypothesis in this study that teenaged interviewers would secure significantly more information from teenaged drug users and non-users than adult interviewers is substantiated. Although the teenaged interviewers did secure more information than the adult interviewers, the type of explanations for drug use were similar regardless of age.…

Questionnaires were distributed to a random sample of currently enrolled full time students at a small highly selective liberal arts college located in the Pacific Northwest. Findings suggest that male students have added illegal drugs to their repertoire of interpersonal mechanisms for the control of relationships with women. (Author)

The extent to which sex-role attitudes influence events comprising the initial stages of family formation is tested using a sample of 194 white, never-married, Catholic, university students. The more traditional the respondent, the earlier marriage and the birth of the first child are planned. (Author)

Using data from study of young families in an affluent Hong Kong housing complex, author contends that role reorganization within nuclear family and, specifically, changing role of Chinese wives, has created a new family structure which reinforces rather than rejects traditional norms of shared residence and reciprocal aid among kin. (Author)

Differences between college students from different size high schools were investigated using a variety of college measures. Analyses determined that while there were few academic differences, students from smaller schools were more involved in high school activities, due primarily to greater opportunities for individuals in smaller ecological…

This study examined the relationships between the use of five conflict resolution strategies (withdrawing, smoothing, compromising, forcing, and confronting) and three measures of employee commitment (commitment to the organization, profession, and community). The relationships varied between the different types of commitment and between…

Research on blacks in white institutions of higher learning was analyzed by trend analysis. Weaknesses and gaps in the research are pointed out. Suggestions are made for further research and for improving the quality and quantity of support services for black students. (JEL)

This study was designed to assess listeners' ability to judge a taped speaker's age and to measure the extent to which personality ratings are affected by perceived age. In two experiments, undergraduate subjects demonstrated that speaker age can be reliably estimated over a wide age range for both female and male voices. (Author)

An exploratory study of 38 runaway wives in Metropolitan Toronto found that the decision to leave their husbands came from a long history of marital discord, while the decision to leave their children behind came from concern for the children's welfare. The wives experienced resulting feelings of relief and guilt. (Author)

Young mothers of two children responded to a 49 item questionnaire designed to assess their motivations for and consequences (personal and marital) of having a second child. Results indicated that the second child involved more work, more noise, and decreased marital happiness, but "worth it." (Author)

Explored use of marijuana and attitudes toward its legalization among university students and school teachers in Alberta. Students had more permissive attitudes toward marijuana use and its legalization as compared to teachers. Significant relationships were found between drug use and age and legalization of marijuana and sex and religiosity.…

Attempted suicide is considered to be a form of deviant behavior. Multiple suicide attempts are evaluated within the labeling perspective. Specifically, it is determined if labeling theory can explain acts repeated suicide attempts. Labeling by family and friends was found to be significantly related to repeat. (Author)