Surveyed 126 married couples to study factors related to marital satisfaction. Results showed personality compatibility was a major factor in satisfaction. Individuals whose spouses were more accurate in perceiving their satisfaction and those in relationships with a previous marriage were also more satisfied. (JAC)

Construct validity patterns of test-criteria and item-criteria correlations are shown to be inconsistent across samples. The results of an investigation of construct validity patterns on two published personality scales is presented. (JKS)

A multitrait-multimethod strategy was used to assess eight structural properties of cognition applied to several classes of objects by 88 university students in Boulder, Colorado, United States, and 80 university students in Kyoto and Otsu, Japan. (Editor)

Describes how Carl Jung's four personality types might relate to the selection of particular reading instruction methods. (RB)

Hardiness, a personality factor suggested to be a determining factor in the promotion and maintenance of health behaviors, has been widely studied. S. Kobasa's hardiness factor, composed of control, commitment, and challenge, was reported to be an important component in explaining why some people can withstand stress without getting sick. A review…

Previous research has documented associations between young children's social development and both temperament and child care quality. The preponderance of research in this area has focused on preschool-age and older children, resulting in few studies focusing on these variables during infancy. In the current investigation, temperament and child…

It was expected that sensation seeking would not be accompanied by an increase in tension. The results tended to confirm that expectation, thus providing some degree of additional validity to the concept of sensation seeking as a specific personality dimension. (Author)

Personality structure, as measured by the Preschool Personality Questionnaire, was studied in preschool children. Two studies are reported which discuss factor analysis, including the ability factors of the PSPQ. (ST)

The concept of moral intentionality was analyzed and shown to be concerned with the more general ethical problem of responsibility. Levels of intentionality were specified and discussed. (CS)

In order to test the practicality of non-zero sum games for analyzing children's social behavior, the classic Prisoners' Dilemna Game performance were compared for institutionalized and home-reared boys. (DP)

A copy of the program is available from the second author at the Department of Psychology, LSUNO-Lakefront, New Orleans, Louisiana 70122. (Authors/CB)

Discusses how graphotherapy (analyzing penmanship strokes) could provide a definite, behavioral criteria of each student on a personalized basis. (MM)

In response to discussions by W. Mischel and by D. D. McClelland, attention is invited to the desirability of explicitly identifying general circumstances under which indirect assessment is superior to direct methods for assessing the same trait. (Author)

The author shows how professionals in the field of management, personnel administration, and human resources development tend toward a superficial evaluation of behavioral science research. (Editor)

Results of this study indicate that VPI acquiescence scale scores are suspect as indicators of the response style of acquiescence. (Author)