The paper reviews the literature on sexual delinquency in male and female adolescents and considers guidelines for effective intervention in nonspecialized treatment programs. A section on sexual delinquency in females touches on prostitution and incest, while a section on males notes the changing composition of the sexually delinquent population.…

Music education inherently relies on a process of providing and receiving critical feedback. Students who are very sensitive to criticism, however, may present a unique challenge for the music educator. This study investigated the ways in which sensitivity to criticism affects the educational experience of music students. Nineteen students were…

This study investigated the correlation between the extraversion-introversion dimension and the need for, or avoidance of, sensory stimulation. (Author/RK)

Discusses issues of children's rights, child advocacy, and prevention of traumatic effects of separation and placement on children. Emphasizes that there is a wide gap between knowledge of prevention of trauma and actual practice. (DP)

The study determined the relationship between level of self-actualization and self-concept, values, and achievement motivation. Multiple discriminant analysis was used to examine 150 male and 150 female college freshmen who had three levels of self-actualization. The males and females differed significantly in their level of self-actualization.…

Forty male undergraduates were assessed in a personality assessment session and a hypnosis session. The personality traits studied were repressive style and adaptive regression, while the transitory variable was mood prior to hypnosis. Hypnotizability was a significant interactive function of repressive style and mood, but not of adaptive…

The study investigated the generality of perceptual accuracy across persons and responses and also investigated the reliability of accuracy scores. Results support the concept of a global ability to perceive others. (Author)

This study investigated the developmental trends in the personal values systems of elementary school students. The Values Inventory for Children was used as the measurement basis. (DP)

A review of five interrelated studies showed that certain preselected SVIB occupational scales were indicative of life styles related to accident incurrence. The hypothetical formulation underlying these studies was that vocational interest scores reflect enduring personal characteristics. (Author)

This study proposes a social-psychological hypothesis of test faking which postulates that faking involves the enacting of a social role appropriate to the given testing situation. Subtle manipulations of the test-taking environment, designed to induce subjects to adopt given social roles, produced substantial role-specific changes in test scores.…

Results of an examination given under two levels of anxiety are discussed in their assessment of relationships between trait anxiety, transitory anxiety, mood, and performance. (Author/KM)

Authors were devoted to the interpretation and elaboration of George Kelly's psychology of personal constructs, which explained total human behavior in terms of the related contexts in which people expect events to occur. Kelly's theory and applications for education and psychotherapy were described. (Editor/RK)

A nonmetric multidimensional analysis is used to identify the subscale structure of a creativity inventory. The instrument used assesses attitudes, interests, motivations, values, and other personality and biographical matters which characterize creative individuals. (Author)

A bibliography on personality traits of athletes. (PB)