This study investigated the role of personality factors in the successful and unsuccessful college performance of work-study students. (JC)

A Rorschach Index based on ego-psychological conceptualization of an optimal personality picture predicted for 155 trainees was compared with predictions from the Miller Analogies Test (MAT) and the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB). The Index predicted success and failure more effectively. (Author)

Differences in responses to personality items between subjects who prefer job security and low earnings and those who prefer high risk and high income jobs suggest basic and generalized differences in life style. (Author)

Describes a study of the factors which induce pre-engineering students to work below their potential in liberal arts courses. The evidence seems to indicate that different curricular areas do attract people with different personalities and from different socio-eocnomic backgrounds. (TS)

Several of the POI variables were found to predict the effectiveness of dormitory assistants when using students' ratings as a criterion measure. (DG)

Findings of this study supported the hierarchical arrangement of needs as postulated by Maslow and Roe as they are revealed in occupational terms. It was concluded that maturation does have an effect upon the direction and intensity of psychological needs. Several counseling goals and strategies are advanced. (Author)

This experiment investigated the effects of an aggressive habit and emtional arousal, measured by heart rate, blood pressure, and self-report, on two types of attitude change. Psychological arousal was positively related to degree of influence by the reflaxation communication. (DB)

The counselor has a responsibility to determine, through initial interviewing, whether a need exists for therapeutic intervention with an anxious or depressed client. (Author/CJ)

The influence of the family on the personality development of pre-adolescent youth is discussed. (CK)

Examined the relationship between personality and psychopathology using the Multivariate Personality Inventory (MPI) (N=100). Results showed significant differences among groups, which indicates that the personality groups as defined by the MPI in a normal population perform as would be predicted from work with pathological groups. (JAC)