Until recently most of the research on college student protest of the 1960's has taken either a political socialization or cultural-historical perspective. The research reported here takes an organizational perspective with the expectation that an examination of student protest should contribute to a theory of organizations. Two classes of…

Deals with a questionnaire designed to explore factors that may result in attitude-behavior inconsistency. (MH)

Examines how strategic communication is linked to specific relational features. Finds that integrative strategies were positively linked to competence, whereas distributive and avoidant strategies were negatively linked to competence. Supports the view that competence perceptions mediate the link between conflict messages and relational outcomes.…

Type A behavior is characterized by impatience, aggressiveness, and ambition. Type B individuals are more relaxed, easy-going, and unhurried. This study examined the effects of behavior pattern (Type A, intermediate, Type B) and experimenter interest (high versus no interest) on the time allocated to an experimental task and task performance.…

At the George Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville, Tennessee, 50 male students responded to a questionnaire concerning their reactions to individuals having mental or physical disabilities, to persons of another race, and to gifted persons. The 20 questions (scale items) focused on association with 12 types of "disabled" persons (disability…

Proposes and tests a model of the relationship between beliefs and behavioral intentions based on a mathematical probability theory. (MH)

Compared Coyne's interpersonal model of depression to Lewinsohn's social skill model of depression in a large sample of nonreferred college students (N=202). Contrary to both Coyne and Lewinsohn, no evidence of a direct relation between social support and depression was found. Results suggest social skills deficits are a consequence, not a cause,…

Defines uni-comm as mediated interpersonal behavior which transmits an individual's values to others through the use of nonelectronic media. Specific types of uni-comm such as clothing, hair styles, bumper stickers, graffiti, buttons and decals are discussed. (MH)

People daydream, plan, and anticipate. They think frequently about their own actual or potential behaviors, and create behavioral scenarios (or scripts) in which they are the main character. To investigate the relationship between thinking about a behavior and one's expectancies or intentions to perform that behavior, subjects (N=93) in Experiment…

Reports on a study conducted to determine the effect of the connotations of the color black on White university students' interracial behavior. Addresses the question of whether the differences in attitudes toward Black and Negro carries over into a difference in behavior with a person labeled Black and another labeled Negro. (MK)

See CS 703 555 for availability. (MH)

Reexamines existing research in persuasion by testing the predispositional and alignmental hypotheses. Evidence of past investigative failures is discussed and implications for future research are presented. (MH)