The relationship between the diagnostic label either emotionally disturbed (ED) or learning disabled (LD) assigned to a child and the type of behavior exhibited by that child was investigated with a group of advanced undergraduate students. (Author)

Uses an interactional analysis system to characterize beginning supervisory style. Considered the variance in supervisory interaction behaviors and the stability of such behaviors with different trainees. Concluded that beginning supervisors have individual predilections for supervisory behaviors that are stable with different trainees.…

Studied adults who requested outpatient psychotherapy. Questionnaire items concerned the client's situation, past behavior in fulfilling commitments, self-prediction of session attendance, and reaction to the initial interview. A critical response scale proved highly predictive of the number of treatment sessions attended in both initial and…

Sociometric nominations were used to select groups of popular, average, rejected, and neglected among 101 third- and 219 fifth-grade children. In contrast to popular children, rejected children displayed fewer task appropriate behaviors and more task inappropriate and aggressive behaviors. (Author/SW)

Considers the distinction between voluntary and involuntary unemployment by analyzing six behavioral characteristics attributed to groups of workers suspected of indulging in the former, and the labor market mechanisms supposedly encouraging them. (Author/CT)

Data from seven recent American national surveys found that persons remarried after divorce had rather high levels of reported well-being, but never-remarried women reported lower aggregate marital happiness than never-divorced married women or never-remarried men; the difference was not explained by race, age, or socioeconomic variables.…

Undergraduates were given either Barnum characterizations or straightforward instructions regarding open- or closed-mindedness. Barnum inductions influenced subsequent cognitive behavior: Subjects led to believe that they were open-minded were more balanced in the thoughts they produced on two campus issues than were subjects led to believe they…

Examined effects of counselor nonverbal behaviors on client evaluations. Conclusions of two studies confirm high levels of eye contact, direct body orientation, and leaning forward result in more favorable ratings of counselors. The third study indicates counselors can be favorably evaluated when using undesirable and distancing nonverbal…

Assessed efficacy of behavior rehearsal procedures in assertion training. Results indicated that nonassertive subjects responded less assertively in behavior role play tests, and reported themselves more anxious than assertive subjects. The role-reversal group was least effective in modifying self-reports of assertion behaviors.…

A survey of the moral behavior of 185 Georgia gifted high school students, first made in 1969, was replicated in 1979. Significant changes were revealed in their beliefs, attitudes, and admissions regarding cheating in school and morality in our society in general. (Author)

Analyzed communication diaries of 101 managers of Australian organizations. Results confirm prior research and add to the understanding of the relationship between 7 key demographic variables and 17 communication characteristics. Findings have implications for the way managers are trained and use their time. (PD)

Discusses problems with the use of stochastic (probabilistic) models for the analysis of juvenile offense data. Analyzes longitudinal data for White and non-White delinquents which show significant evidence of offense specialization and a random distribution of offenses if no specialization occurs. (Author/GC)

In United States culture, educational achievement is perceived to be of the highest importance. Children believed to be bright who consistently perform poorly in school become sources of grave concern. Research studies at Illinois Institute of Technology involving differential diagnosis and treatment of underachievement have proven to be the most…

This interactive theory of drug use posits that drug-taking behavior is caused by several constellations of intra- and extra-individual forces. Influences interact to modify each other while determining the presence of a variety of lifestyle behaviors including drug and alcohol use. The model grows as new data are collected. (Author/BEF)

Examined stimulus-seeking behavior in delinquent personality types drawn from populations (juvenile delinquents and young adult offenders). Results from a kinesthetic aftereffect task and sensation seeking scale indicate only limited evidence of pathological stimulus seeking by psychopathic delinquent personality type. This may result from…