The results of this study indicated that externally controlled subjects rated physical disabilities as more debilitating while internally controlled subjects rated emotional disorders as being more debilitating. Data was interpreted as adding to the construct validity of "internal-external locus of control" and the implications were discussed.…

The author contends that not all groups allow for the freedom of the individual within the group. Attitudes of acceptance, permissiveness, warmth, friendliness, and objectivity should prevail within the group, and while not overlooking a particular member's individuality, one must allWw for3th&&ifferences that may accompany this individuality.…

Scores of 168 women on the 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire revealed they were highly intelligent and creative as compared with the standard for adult women. Factor direction suggested that self renewing women as a group might be described as self sufficient extroverts," in contrast with Cattell's description of creative people as self…

Supports the proposition that anxiety over intellectual performance is one antecedent of a reflective cognitive disposition. (Author/WY)

The results of this study on the relation of personality to vocational choice, suggests that personality patterns of occupational groups are more a function of those who enter and persist in the group than those who transfer to it. (Author)

Psychotherapeutic intervention, while failing to produce consistent gross differences between the experimental and control group, did lead to subtle but important changes that could be interpreted as contributing meaningfully to training, particularly if a psychoanalytic frame of reference is accepted. Reprints available from author at: Counseling…

The results of the investigation of the Personal Orientation Inventory (POI) suggests that the POI may have value as a tool in the selection of dormitory assistants. (Author)

Teachers sometimes need reminding that job training for business has a two-fold purpose--the actual training for the specific job and the personality development needed to succeed in that job. (Author)

Using a fixed-choice procedure subjects were conditioned to emit personal reference statements by two experimenters functioning high on the dimensions of empathy, positive regard, and genuineness and two low-functioning experimenters. Comparison of learning slopes of conditioned subjects with a control group supported the efficacy of facilitative…

Describes how industrial arts, through technology, can help individuals develop their personal adaptability for productive citizenship. (GR)