A child's emotional adjustment influences his attitude toward school and has a decided effect on his academic accomplishments. (CK)

In the present comparison of clients and nonclients on the EPPS, the male client group was subdivided to provide for replication. Corroborative replication is discussed as a means of increasing confidence in the validty of findings in personality and counseling research. (Author)

Assesses ability of Adjective Check List (ACL) to distinguish between clients of a college mental health facility who admitted to social alienation as a primary or secondary problem and clients who denied the importance of this problem- Scores on scales measuring affiliation and heterosexuality and an affiliation minus succorance" index differed…

This study shows that personality instruments are significantly confounded by the somatic characteristics of physically disabled subjects, illustrates the nature and effect of the moderator variable of physical condition on MMPI item endorsements for patients in a specific diagnostic group, and suggests two methods of controlling the moderator…

The data revealed a slight negative relationship between dogmatism and performance. This relationship was affected by the age and level of education of the respondents. (EB)

Opinion Attitude and Interest Survey (OAIS) for college bound students. (Editor)

This is a report of changes on scales of the Personal Orientation Inventory following a marathon experience. Pretest and posttest results indicated changes in scores of an experimental group on those scales: Inner Direction, Existentiality, Feeling Reactivity, Spontaneity, Self Acceptance, Acceptance of Aggression, Capacity for Intimate Contact.…

Subjects were 164 respondents to a letter sent to 210 randomly selected students. Using multiple linear regression analysis, 81 predictive variables generated from a battery of instruments (a biographical information form, Edwards Personal Preference Schedule, Student Opinion Scale, and Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes) accounted for more than…

The research review concludes that: (1) more attention be given to matching of patient and therapist, either on basis of complementarity or similarity; and (2) since scale apparently is not associated with empathy and genuineness there may be dimensions of interventions other than those studied by Rogers and his students. Presented at American…

"This study sought to determine whether or not there were identifiable personality factors which distinguish between academically achieving and nonachieving junior college freshmen from lower- and middle-class backgrounds... Students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds experienced less academic success than did those of middle socioeconomic…

Describes development of concept of adolescence through literature review on culture, and relates development to changes in family place in new urban and industrial order. (CJ)

Instruments administered to subjects with physical disabilities included "Disability Effects Scale, and "Attitudes toward Disabled Persons. Results indicated greater flexibility of response among group members able to identify with disabilities than among those unwilling to do so. (CJ)