Investigates preference of Social (S) and Investigative (I) people for performing S and I tasks with S or I people or alone. Upper-division undergraduates in S majors (n=38) or I majors (n=15) were utilized in study. S participants preferred working with S people. I participants most preferred to perform I tasks with I people and least preferred…

Examines research on the construct of resiliency and examines factors that promote resiliency in individuals and families. Implications for family counselors, societal systems, and future research are discussed. (Author/MKA)

An interview with a recent "graduate" shows how the principle of unconditional care-consistent support through any circumstances-has built new lives and renewed hope for participants in Chicago's Kaleidoscope Project. (Author)

Reports on an investigation of the relationships between religiosity and multidimensional perfectionism in which measures of religious orientation and multidimensional perfectionism were administered to 242 undergraduate students. Results indicate that more religious students had higher scores on an adaptive dimension of perfectionism but not on…

Behavior measures and the Myers Briggs Type Indicator were completed by 343 senior managers; 3,158 of their peers, supervisees, and supervisors rated managers' behavior. A modest correlation appeared between personality type and manager behavior. Differences related to raters' perceptions were found. (SK)

Studies the relationship of sensation-seeking to alcohol use and risk-taking behavior in a sample of college women. Risk-taking behavior measured in a driving simulation task was affected by state of intoxication. Results indicate that the personality trait of sensation-seeking appears to play an important mediating role in alcohol use and…

This study compared the developmental status, functional abilities, and temperaments of 31 young (36 to 95 months) boys with fragile X syndrome (FXS) who did not have autism, matched on chronological age, gender, and race, with 31 boys with autism but no FXS. Overall, the boys with autism exhibited a more variable profile of development than did…

This mini-series is prompted by the mismatch between the exceptional attention resilience programs are receiving from educators and limitations of current resilience research. Authors' intent is to define the science of resilience with sufficient clarity so that readers can appreciate both its promise and its limitations. Stresses relevance these…

Discusses research on the role of individual differences in emotionality and regulation in empathy-related responding (sympathy and personal distress). Links sympathy to intense emotionality and high regulation. Empathy-related responding is better predicted by a combination of emotionality and regulation than by either separately. Examples are…

The diadic method of measuring congruence by comparing the personality type of each member in an environment with each of the others was used with 205 workers. Correlations between diadic congruence scores and satisfaction were found. These correlations were similar to those between homogeneity of the environment and satisfaction. (SK)

Study investigated the relationship between childhood abuse and personality disorder (PD) symptoms in a sample of college men (N=584). Childhood sexual and physical abuse and PD symptoms were assessed using self-report measures. Analyses indicate childhood abuse histories are associated with greater levels of adult symptomatology. (Author/JDM)

Advocates a shift in the foundation on which youth policies are based-from fear to hope, and prisons to prevention. Provides two examples of National Crime Prevention Council programs that are built on such a foundation and discusses their effectiveness. (Author/GCP)

The relationship between the personal style scales of the Strong Interest Inventory and the Big Five model of personality was investigated with 740 undergraduates and a cross-validation sample of 321. No significant gender differences were observed. Personal style scales indicating living and working preferences were correlated with personality…

Explores the structure of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (2nd ed.) Low Self-Esteem Content Scale using principal components analysis. Associations with other measures provide evidence of convergent and discriminant validity. (Contains 16 references.) (Author/GCP)

Seven groups of six cooperative education and non-co-op students/graduates expressed opinions about mentoring. No significant differences between co-op and non-co-op emerged in incidence or types of mentoring. Important aspects of mentoring included promotion of the whole person, protege-centered relationship, and recognition of proteges'…