A total of 80 infants, divided equally among 4 age groups, participated in a contingency learning task. Of these infants, 48 received an audiovisual stimulus contingent on arm movement, and 32 served as a yoked control group. Findings indicated that exposure to a period in which the infant's expectancy regarding contingent outcomes is violated…

A sample of 125 adults completed the Dogmatism scale, the NEO Personality Inventory, the Self-Directed Search, and the Preconscious Activity scale. High scores on Openness and Originality correlated with Holland's Artistic and Investigative types, supporting the ordering of types according to potential for creative performance. (SK)

Reviewed research on effects of breast cancer on 20 married pairs and extends results to practical aspects of doing such research and attempting treatment of breast cancer patients. Measures of individual psychological adjustment and dyadic adjustment found that both spouses appeared well adjusted and reported excellent quality of life. Interviews…

College students (390) completed scales assessing 10 dimensions of vocational indecision and 9 personality constructs. Cluster-analytic procedures revealed four-cluster solution, with clusters being differentiated on basis of vocational decidedness and personal concern over stage of career decision making. Resulting cluster solution was…

Fifty profoundly deaf residential school adolescents were administered the Boredom Proneness scale and a modified version of the Beck Depression Inventory. Deaf students had a significantly higher incidence of depression and were more boredom prone than were hearing subjects. (Author/JDD)

Outlines 10 tasks for a workshop in which participants (1) establish definitions of creativity; (2) identify creative traits and behaviors; (3) compare the traits and behavior of themselves, their supervisors, or their supervisees to those identified; and (4) explore ways to bring out creativity in others and improve their organization's climate…

Used biographical approach in interviews investigating life themes, experiences, and personality styles in older adults (n=15). Developed typology that distinguished individual life patterns (specific life themes and events) and age style (personality traits). Presents three case histories illustrating each major life pattern found in interviews.…

Claims that to be fully achieved, change toward sex equality must occur in social, cultural, and personality systems and be apparent in economy as well as in marriage and individual identity. Suggests that high rate of marital disruption represents strain between macro changes in society and related changes in marriage roles and gender role…

Responds to previous article by Spokane in which Spokane reacted to Lowman's article on Inter-Domain Model of career assessment and counseling. Responds specifically to Spokane's allegations of triple bias, alleged obligation always to assess in all three domains (personality, vocational interests, ability), overlap among the domains, confusion of…

A study involving 11 male and 11 female inhabitants of Leiden (Netherlands) tested the hypothesis that a subject's judgments of the personality of unfamiliar target persons correspond better with the subject's Implicit Personality Theory than do judgments of the personality of familiar persons. The results confirm the hypothesis. (TJH)

Investigated behavioral problems of 113 adjudicated male juvenile offenders from the normalized, circumplex personality assessment perspective used in the Personal Styles Inventory. Findings suggest assessment model provides correctional practitioners a valid assessment, which is easily understood, sensitive to the needs of both the youth and…

Examines the personal meaning of participation, discussing recreation and consumer behavior literature, the development of an instrument to measure the concept, and the relationship between commitment to camping and choice of campground setting. Personal meaning of participation seems to be best represented by the concept of enduring involvement.…

Examined whether and by what means inmates participating in a voluntary counseling program at Hamilton, Alabama, Correctional Facility could be distinguished from those not volunteering for counseling. Results indicated it was possible to distinguish these two group based on Intelligence Quotient, certain demographic factors, two personality…

Examined whether there were factors associated with how Southern Baptist ministers (N=103) cope with stress. Determined that trait anxiety has a negative relationship with self-concept and a positive relationship with self-criticism. (Author/ABL)

Reveals that during the elementary school years, children acquire a firm understanding of the brain as the primary locus of psychological attributes and identity. The early school years, when children are five to seven years old, appear to be a transitional phase, when performance is variable and subject to task conditions. (RH)