Counseling outcomes are more positive, among juvenile delinquents, when specific efforts are made to focus on the client's principal sources of concern. (CJ)

As a result of data from a questionnaire on sex behavior, administered to a second group of college students 10 years after the first, it was found that while attitudes toward premarital behavior had liberalized considerably, actual behavior had increased only somewhat or, in American males, not at all. Discrepancy between values and behavior has,…

Examines a study in which 15 freshmen and 15 seniors at Princeton University used 60 trait adjectives, 20 of which were student slang, to describe people they knew. Confirms that multidimensional scaling (MDS) reflects changes in semantic structure as a function of group membership. (MB)

This paper is based on a dissertation submitted to the faculty of the Committee on Human Development at the University of Chicago in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Ph.D. degree. (DR)

Suggests the need for science teachers to (1) examine their negative attitudes and prejudices concerning disadvantaged children, and (2) study the general characteristics and problems peculiar to these children. Classroom techniques that are effective in working with such children are discussed. Bibliography. (LC)

Examines relationships between Sensation-Seeking Scale (SSS) and vocational interests measured by the Kuder and Strong Vocational Interest Blank, among alcoholics and undergraduates. Results support construct validity of the SSS and provide further evidence of modes of expression of stimulus-seeking needs in personality. (Author/CJ)

The study sought: (1) to assess incidence of cheating in large high school sample; (2) to evaluate relationship between socioeconomic level and cheating; (3) to ascertain whether teachers have the ability to predict cheating behavior; and (4) to replicate previous findings regarding the relationship between cheating and both grades and IQ. (Author)

Forty-nine college males rated need for achievement. Eight conditions were defined by (1) two male interviewers, (2) expert or inexpert interviewer introduction, and (3) expert or inexpert interviewer performance. Results were: (1) subjects perceived interviewers as intended, (2) subjects in expert conditions changed ratings more between the first…