Presents variables related to child abuse appearing in the research, and points out gaps of knowledge in this area. Social stresses exacerbate underlying personality difficulties and induce psychological problems by placing the individual under stress. Families facing stresses also are frequently involved in child abuse because they contain more…

Teenagers were questioned regarding perceived quality of parenting , personal adjustment, and political-social-personal attitudes and values. Those who perceived their parents as below average tended toward an adversarial orientation to adults and adult values. Mutual disidentification between parent and child may be an early cause of adolescent…

Questions concerning the relationship between self-rated adjustment and the Bem Sex Role Inventory were examined in two studies. In both, superior adjustment was associated with androgynous v traditional sex typing only among women. Adjustment differences among sex types were accounted for by differences in masculinity. (Author/GC)

Assessed test bias on the Wechsler Intelligence Test for Children-Revised (WISC-R) and Bender-Gestalt. On the Bender, evidence of bias was infrequent and irregular. On the WISC-R, group differences were most discernible for age, sex, family structure, and race. Consistent patterns of bias were not apparent among comparison groups. (Author)

Correlations between Extended Personal Attributes Questionnaire scales and measures of worry, depression and anger confirmed previous results with unselected students. Socially desirable masculinity was negatively related to worry. Socially undesirable masculinity traits were positively related to depression and anger. (Author/BEF)

The Orientation and Motivation Inventory was administered to a sample of high school boys and girls and factor analyzed. Eleven factors for boys and ten factors for girls were extracted, confirming 10 of 12 postulated dimensions. (Author/JKS)

The three wishes of group-tested children, individually tested problem children, and individually tested nonproblem children were collected and categorized. Overall, there was considerable similarity in the types of wishes made by children across groups. It was concluded that wishes alone are not a good indicator of psychopathology. (Author)

Subjects with internal or external locus of control were instructed to remeber as much as possible from an array of letter strings generated from a finite state grammar. While both groups attended to the exemplars, internals extracted more invariance and hence learned more about the underlying grammatical structure. (Author/SJL)

Seven questionable types of college presidents are described: 1) "Do it yourself and get it done right," 2) the hip-shooter, 3) philosopher king, 4) everything in its place president, 5) "Let's take a vote" executive, 6) the timid soul, and 7) the bull in the china shop. The eighth type, the reasonable adventurer, is seen as the effective…

This study investigated the relationship of paternal masculinity-femininity to filial creativity in a sample of male high school students and their fathers. Subjects were 31 boys rated creative and an equal size control group matched on sex, educational level, grade point average, and geographical residence. (MS)

Personality and demographic variables for 110 members of a therapeutic community are examined to determine whether differences exist between dropouts and completers of the program. Attempts are made to generalize findings from alcoholism treatment programs, find differences unique to the correctional program, and develop a practical predictive…

This article discusses two issues relating to assessment of preschool children: (1) whether assessments should be attempted; and (2) the issue of what is a "good" assessment. General impressions from a review of the literature and from personal experience are preschool assessment is desirable and can be useful. (Author)

Investigates a part of the typology presented by Jung, extraversion-introversion, as a possible contributor to a better understanding of the drug addicts' personality. (Author/RK)

Measures of racial attitude, conceptual style, commitment to candidate and electoral process, social-political evaluation, and voting intentions, were administered to white college students (N=320) before the 1972 Presidential election. Prediction of behavioral intentions becomes more powerful as attitudinal measures are made more directly…