Technological changes and downsizing are affecting office occupations. Educators should concentrate on helping students develop the following: teamwork skills, troubleshooting, work ethic, understanding of organizational culture, ability to cope with change, telephone skills, and lifelong learning attitudes. (SK)

In a Christian adult study program, 29 men and 32 women completed personality questionnaires. Extraverts were more likely to enjoy group learning and discussion. Because much Christian spirituality emphasizes introversion, group adult education is a way of ministering to extraverts. However, teaching styles and methods to suit other personality…

Presents a psychiatric nurse's reflections which demonstrate the time it took her to overcome years of abuse, neglect, and failure in her childhood and adolescence. Emphasizes the importance of patience and the development of problem-solving abilities. Focuses on hope and instilling the belief that a situation will improve. (RJM)

Explored how persons become self-employed. In critical incident interviews with five self-employed persons the critical events that assisted or hindered progress toward self-employment were listed in chronological order. In general, becoming self-employed involved establishing conditions of action that enhanced a sense of agency, thus enabling…

To determine whether 1 or 2 dimensions of infant emotionality best characterized infant functioning, parental reports (10 months) and elicited emotion (12-13 months) were examined. Found that early positivity (12-13 months) predicted later positivity (18-20 months) better than later negativity, with the reverse being true of early negativity.…

Provides an overview of five assessment instruments and discusses their contribution to adult career development: (1) California Personality Inventory; (2) Myers-Briggs Type Indicator; (3) Personality Research Form; (4) Occupational Stress Inventory; and (5) Personal Career Development Profile. Includes information about publishers, intended…

Comparison of 167 Anglo-American and 122 Mexican-American ninth graders showed that the former had much greater knowledge of career decision making and greater career awareness and occupational knowledge. Mexican Americans scored higher on Sensing and Thinking and lower on Perceiving scales of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator. (SK)

Summarizes London's career motivation theory, describes measures of career motivation domains, discusses a study of 366 adults that demonstrated the convergent validity of three measures, and reviews findings of related research, concluding with future research directions. (SK)

This article examines the development of conduct disorder (CD) in children and adolescents using Hans Eysenck's biosocial theory of personality. Eysenck's antisocial behavior hypothesis is discussed and intervention suggestions based on this theory are presented. The interactions of temperament-based personality profiles with interventions for CD…

Explored the relationship of inspection time (IT) and the personality domain of openness (O) to general intelligence ("g") and crystallized intelligence (Gc). Findings for 64 undergraduates support the independence of O from speed of information processing and from general ability. (SLD)

Reviews published research on the effects of parental mental illness diagnosis or symptoms on childhood substance abuse. Risk and protective factors for developing a substance use or related disorder in these children are summarized. Recommendations for substance abuse prevention in children of parents with mental illness are presented and used to…

Examined success factors of eight under-prepared students at Colorado State University. Four major themes emerged from the data: pre-college experiences, struggles, positive campus experiences and support, and student growth. Findings were conceptualized within a student resiliency framework. (EV)

Interviews with five men and five women who had made significant career changes yielded a psychosocial development model that illustrated how they used career change as an opportunity to integrate new and previously unused aspects of their personality. (SK)

Uses a learning styles construct to analyze why it may be difficult for some people to work with others. Concludes that while environmental, sociological, and emotional preferences are important, it is most important to honor physiological preferences. Notes that teachers need to understand their own style preferences when dealing with difficult…

Explores a model of student motivation and introduces the concept of academic resilience. Draws together seminal motivation theory, posits constructs that represent these theories, and then repackages them into a model that can be used by educators and understood by students. Discusses strategies for enhancing motivation and academic resilience.…