Provides information on recent decisions in New York courts in cases involving the right of adult adoptees to inspect sealed adoption records. The effect of these decisions is that any change in the right of access to records must be brought about through legislation, not through the courts. (Author/SS)

Using a structured interview, 48 3- to 16-year-old children were questioned about their knowledge of religious and satanic concepts. Although few children evinced direct knowledge of ritual abuse, many revealed general knowledge of satanism and satanic worship. Results suggest that most children probably do not generally possess sufficient…

Helps school counselors identify those situations in which the Tarasoff court decision affects them and their students -- the decision requires psychotherapists to warn potential third party victims threatened by their patients. Considers the case history; the special role of school counselors; children, confidentiality, and competence; ethical…

Proposes visibility management as a key construct in gay, lesbian, and bisexual (GLB) identity development. Visibility management refers to the dynamic, ongoing process by which GLB youth make careful, planned decisions about whether they will disclose their sexual orientation, to whom and how they disclose, and how they continue to monitor the…

This study describes the disclosure processes of 68 sexually abused girls. Circumstances of disclosure were found to be related to long-term psychological functioning. Girls who disclosed accidentally were younger, experienced abuse for shorter durations, and received the most therapy. At follow-up, those who purposefully disclosed had greater…

Describes why a new law requiring California colleges to warn people of security breaches involving their computerized personal data has administrators worried about both cost and liability. (EV)

The reasons that the Internal Revenue Service often audits alumni associations are cited, and specific procedures and considerations in preparing for and conducting the audit are given. (MSE)

The effects of test item disclosure on resulting examinee equated scores and population passing rates were studied for 5,000 examinees taking a professional licensing examination. Results suggest that the effects of disclosing depended on the nature of the released items. Specific effects on particular examinees are also discussed. (SLD)

Discusses issues related to the public disclosure of documentary information produced by accreditation. Argues that accreditation documents would not be informative or useful to the general public, and their disclosure would have ill effects on the accreditation process. (DMM)

Supports greater public disclosure of accreditation information in light of heightened external concern about educational quality and weakened public confidence. Contends that accrediting agencies should be willing to specify the professional and lay judgments that provide a basis for certification. (DMM)

Surveyed physically disabled persons to learn their opinions and preferences with regard to self-disclosure as a stigma management strategy. Results revealed that disabled subjects were frequently open to disclosing, but did not often ask about the disabilities of others or feel more at ease themselves after disclosing. (Author/NB)

Contrasted counselors who disclosed personal material similar to client's problem, counselors who disclosed problematic but irrelevant information, counselors who disclosed nothing, and counselors whose similarity was revealed by someone else, using 60 college students role-playing clients. Found both disclosures and similarity information had…

Conducted two studies to investigate marital satisfaction and egocentric bias in spouses' perceived contributions to activities in marriage. Results from 40 spouses indicated that spouses claimed to make greater contributions to negative relationships events than their partners attributed to them. Results from 50 spouses replicated findings.…

Finds that people characterizing themselves in more balanced terms were rated as more likeable, honest, and authentic then either self-deprecators or self-enhancers, and were viewed as having significantly more self-knowledge than self-deprecating individuals. Indicates that self-deprecators and self-enhancers are disliked for somewhat different…

Projective techniques have evoked a minimal degree of interest on the part of counselors due to psychometric limitations, lack of training opportunities, and the obscure qualities of the instruments. The author proposes a method to stimulate the use of projectives as an integral part of the counseling process and provides justification for the…