Multidimensional scaling yielded three comparable dimensions and the words fell into thematic clusters like those found among the problem behaviors. Results were similar to those reported earlier for the problematic behaviors. (Author/BEF)

Tested a model of depression that included level of current problems and social problem solving. Path analysis of data from 205 undergraduates showed the model accounted for 42 percent of the variance associated with the prediction of depressive symptoms. (MCF)

Examined relationships among clients' descriptions of external events, emotional arousal, and resolution of problematic reactions. Clients (n=12) explored problematic reactions with their therapists on 2 separate occasions. Findings highlight the role that vivid description can play in promoting clients' emotional arousal during the session and…

Examined whether problems of the same semantic cluster correlated with each other as problems that people experience. Semantically similar behaviors like "showing affection" and "revealing personal things" did covary as problems. (Author/BEF)

The complaint "I am lonely" summarizes specific interpersonal difficulties in socializing. The UCLA Loneliness Scale identifies lonely and not-lonely students who described their major interpersonal problems by performing a Q-sort with a standardized set of problems. Results show that lonely people consistently report problems of…

Studied parameters that describe the course of change in subjective intensity of personal problems during psychotherapy: initial severity, rate of problem change, day-to-day intensity variability, and change in rate of problem change. Rate of change parameter correlated with traditional pre- to posttreatment outcome measures. Instability was high.…