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Petronio, Richard J. – Criminal Justice and Behavior, 1982
Tested the degree of association between probation officers' sent and received roles and role behavior in four juvenile courts. Found the role communicated to probation officers by their superiors was predictive of the role the probation officers perceived but not of the role as enacted with juveniles. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Juvenile Courts, Organizational Climate
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Rubin, Alan M. – Journal of Broadcasting, 1982
Summarizes past and present television and aging research, identifies several methodological concerns or problems of this research, and considers future directions for mass communication and aging investigations. Television portrayals of the elderly, television viewing behaviors, and the role of television are among the research areas discussed.…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Literature Reviews, Mass Media, Older Adults
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Walker, James W.; And Others – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1980
Preretirement characteristics, postretirement attitudes, and retirement satisfaction were examined for (N=1511) retirees. Multivariate analysis indicated that retirement style was a significant predictor of overall retirement satisfaction, and the subscales of satisfaction with activities, and satisfaction with finances. (Author)
Descriptors: Activities, Adjustment (to Environment), Attitudes, Behavior Patterns
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Heffernan, Thomas; Richards, C. Steven – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1981
Evaluated naturally occurring methods for self-controlling poor study behavior. Successful and unsuccessful subjects were interviewed and observed. The successful methods were evaluated in a controlled treatment study. The self-control techniques identified in the earlier steps received some further support in the last step. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, College Students, Higher Education
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Lachar, David; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1982
Constructed broad-band factor scales from a factor analysis of the items that comprise the 12 consecutive Personality Inventory for Children clinical-profile scales. The six-factor solution provided sufficiently robust item clusters to develop scales reflecting Undisciplined/Poor Self-Control, Social Incompetence, Internalization/Somatic Symptoms,…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Children, Diagnostic Tests
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Draper, Thomas W.; Munoz, Milagros M. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
A relationship between an anomaly of the footprint suggested by ancient Abhidhamma meditations and Minor Physical Anomalies Scale was observed in children. The footprint anomalies correlated with the activity levels of children in the same way as the scores on the scale and consistently with prior research using the scale. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Check Lists, Correlation, Elementary Education
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Markham, Steven E.; And Others – Personnel Psychology, 1982
Tested the importance of temporal trends within absenteeism data for males and females. The data support previous findings of higher absenteeism rates for women when compared to men. The data also indicate the importance of temporal trends. Conclusions are drawn concerning the use of absence rates as dependent variables. (Author)
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Behavior Patterns, Employed Women, Employees
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Jordan, John R.; Sluzki, Carlos E. – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 1982
Contemporary psychodynamic family clinicians emphasize intervening in the transmission of emotional patterning over generations in families. While differences exist between this model and "systems" approaches, it is argued that integration of the two is possible. Provides Sluzki's response that the two models are independent. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Counseling Techniques, Counseling Theories, Emotional Response
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Pearson, Barbara Ellen; And Others – Journal of Employment Counseling, 1981
Examined aspects of job interview behavior that influence employer preference for a female managerial applicant in the human service field. Job interview vignettes, depicting female managerial applicants displaying various leadership and personality styles, were presented to employers (N=60). Results indicated most preferred combined warmth with…
Descriptors: Administrators, Behavior Patterns, Career Development, Employer Attitudes
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Troy, Warwick G.; Magoon, Thomas M. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1979
Describes the development and validation of the staff activity record in an inventory of professional job functions used to describe through daily time recording patterns of personal resource allocation. Relationships among actual time and counselors' estimates of time spent together with preferred use of time are examined. Implications are…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Counseling Services, Delivery Systems, Employees
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Mook, Bertha – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1982
Studied the process of child psychotherapy by means of analyses of client verbal behaviors. Analyses of variables demonstrated the nature of each client's verbal responding as well as their pattern of change. Summarized the overall verbal response behavior of each client best through the factor analyses. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Children, Evaluation Methods
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Rosen, T. John; And Others – Journal of Research in Personality, 1982
Examined the relations among self-esteem, perceived competency to cope, and actual coping behaviors following a threat communication. Manipulated threat level of a tetanus communication and fear level of an antismoking film. Results indicated low-esteem subjects showed coping deficits in both experiments, with positive feedback reversing the…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Competence, Coping
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Strang, Harold R. – College Student Journal, 1981
Describes the Time Management Anxiety Scale developed to measure time management anxiety in undergraduate students. Tested respondents (N=490) commonly associated their management of personal time with feelings of anxiety. This effect was found to be significantly stronger for female than for male students. (Author)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Attitude Measures, Behavior Patterns, College Students
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Wilson, Michele – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1981
Discusses five components of a basic suicide syndrome. Examines gender differences in suicidal behavior through an analysis of male and female roles. Components include failure, commitment, rigidity, shame, and isolation. Considers the concept of autonomy in relation to sex differences in suicidal behavior. (RC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Coping
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Zarski, John J.; And Others – American Mental Health Counselors Association Journal, 1981
Explored the relationship between social interest, life changes, and individual mood states. Social interest was positively correlated with number of recent life changes and negatively correlated with total mood disturbance. High social interest individuals reported less subjective mood disturbances associated with perceived stress. (Author)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, Emotional Response, Environmental Influences
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