Note that the exercise, Roll Call, is designed to demonstrate that character is most effectively and reliably created through a careful selection and execution of actions, not by magically inhabiting a character. Concludes that by the end of this sequence of exercises, students should have a better understanding of how character can be created…

This article argues that school counselors cannot teach and preach resilient behavior if they are not models of resiliency themselves. Examines why some people come through challenging times more emotionally intact than others and suggests some tips for increasing one's resilience potential. (GCP)

The life of educator and psychologist Leta Hollingworth (1886-1939) is examined in terms of six traits associated with self-actualization: autonomy and superior perception of reality, problem centeredness, spontaneity, a sense of kinship with all people, interpersonal relations, and imperfections. (DB)

Administered Jenkins Activity Survey (JAS) and 11 other personality scales to over 700 college students to identify JAS personality correlates. Results revealed that, relative to subjects identified as Type B, those classified as Type A exhibited significantly greater status concern, less alexithymia, more misanthropy, and greater life…

Provides an index to Robinson, Shaver and Wrightman's "Measures of Personality and Social Psychological Attitudes" (1991) that is designed to supplement the table of contents and facilitate the efficient location of information about a particular instrument. A guide to the index is included. (two references) (EA)

Summary article blends commentaries from the six previous articles in this special journal section on comorbidity. Includes a discussion of various definitions of comorbidity, the merits and demerits of a hierarchical diagnostic system, and consideration of the extent, patterning, and nature of comorbidity. Directive comments with reference to…

Examines personality types, then goes beyond defining types to match type characteristics with similar aspects of jobs that could lead to "perfect" careers. Looks at differences between extroversion and introversion, sensing and intuition, thinking and feeling, and judging and perceiving, and gives career implications of these differences. (NB)

College students (n=54) who believed they possessed one of four personality traits considered whether trait description of them based on objective personality test was accurate. Subjects were likely to agree that they were accurately described by trait if trait was consistent with existing self-perception, regardless of whether trait was positive…

Relates the life journey of one woman and how it brought her into the profession of technical writing, and beyond. (SR)

Examines the magic of the Peter Rabbit stories, and explores Beatrix Potter's life to understand her special gift as a writer and artist that brought her animal world so vividly to her readers. (SR)

Describes types of group members who are challenging in group settings including entitled, manipulative, and character-disordered clients. Provides suggestions for working with these group members, either as isolated cases or as homogenous populations, emphasizing the protection of other clients' rights. Includes 31 references. (Author/CRR)

Used Rorschach Test to contrast 12 diagnosed female adolescent bulimics with 12 female adolescent controls. Bulimics averaged greater number of aggression responses. Data suggest that adolescent bulimics are more depressed, self-punitive, and negativistic than peers and that they have more disordered thoughts, inaccurate perceptions, and impaired…

Includes "Surveying Client Satisfaction" (Warnock); "Teaching Clientele What or How to Think" (Jones); "Understanding Clientele Differences" (McKenna, Martin); and "Selecting Advisory Council Members" (Black et al.). (JOW)

When business teachers (67 of 125) and office professionals (60 of 125) completed the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, the majority fell into 4 of the 16 types. No significant differences were found in the extraversion-introversion and thinking-feeling scales. Business teachers were stronger on the sensing and judging scales, office professionals on…

Examined effects of pregroup training on graduate student group members' anxiety levels. State anxiety increased nonsignificantly for experimental subjects (n=15) from pretest to 4-week posttest, then decreased significantly from 4 to 12 weeks. For controls (n=16), state anxiety decreased significantly from pretest to 4-week posttest, then…