Reprints from: J.E. Cowden, Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Corrections, 1 West Wilson Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53701.

Research supported in part with grants from the Rosenberg Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. Reprints from: Christoph M. Heinicke, Reiss-Davis Child Study Center, 9760 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, Calif.

This study was submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Ph.D. degree at the University of Iowa.

Research by the U.S. Office of Education under the provisions of the Cooperative Research Program (Wisconsin Research and Development Center for Cognitive Learning).

Examined the relationship between unhappiness with job counseling services and unhappiness with life in general. Job applicants (N=340) responded to a counseling evaluation questionnaire indicating their level of happiness. Results indicated 29 percent of respondents were unhappy. Life-unhappy respondents were nearly twice as dissatisfied with…

Compared gay women (N=11) with heterosexual women (N=12) for frequency of high and low fear of success responses. Probability analysis determined the two groups differed significantly, with gay women evidencing less fear of success than expected. Devised a continuum of kinds of responses with subsequent analysis. (Author)

Explored the validity of the College Self-Expression Scale (CSES) for 144 students in the context of three alternative models of behavior--personism, situationalism, and interactionalism. Results supported the concurrent validity of the CSES and the role of both person and situational, but not interactional, influences on assertion. (WAS)

Reviews findings of two large adoption studies. Both examined the levels of intellectual and personality development, as well as the degree of resemblance, among family members. Focus is directed toward intelligence quotient and school achievement tests, with briefer attention given to personality interests and attitudes. (Author/RH)