This article discusses a technique the authors have designated Family Photo Reconnaisance. They describe the rationale for and process of utilizatizing family photographs and movies in family therapy sessions to evoke past events and memories and to uncover feelings about these occurrences and the people involved in them. (Author)

The existing empirical literature on the outcomes of marital and pre-marital enrichment programs is critically reviewed. Six specific issues are addressed in an effort to improve the quality and utility of further research and practice in this area. (Author)

Within diverse sets of nonmarital relationships it is postulated that similar developmental stages emerge. Delineation of these stages provides a framework for understanding the many complexities of nonmarital interacting systems. Five hypothetical developmental stages are presented and applied to two types of nonmarital dyads. (Author)

Discusses a study designed to determine the effects of visual environmental esthetics on interpersonal attraction and concludes that visual esthetics influence participants' perspectives of their partners in live interpersonal communication settings. (MH)

To study the independent and combined impact of a counselor's verbal (i.e., evaluative feedback) and nonverbal (i.e., interpersonal distance) communications on behavioral compliance, 80 female clients were individually interviewed in the context of a weight-reduction clinic. Physical proximity strengthened adherence to a counselor's dieting…

College students receiving individual counseling services (36 male and 64 female) served as subjects. Each subject received two questionnaires containing three forms of the Jourard Self-Disclosure Questionnaire and a revised form of the Relationship Questionnaire. Results did not provide total support for any one theory of self-disclosure in…

The study involved a laboratory analogue simulating invasion of privacy by a third party in a counseling setting. The experimental design included 74 subjects randomly assigned to three experimental conditions, private, invasion, and spatial divider. Results strongly demonstrated reduced privacy decreases client self-disclosure. (Author)

Describes a series of interaction experiences directed toward improving psychological education in the classroom and evaluates the effectiveness of those experiences. (Author)

Reports how teachers feel about their respective principals and the perceptions they have of the principals' role. (Author)

Analyzes research studies of leaderless groups in terms of specific variables which seem to be important for each study. (Author)

The leaderless group can be invaluable as an aid to the supervisor with the task of sustaining protective service personnel. The success of such a group may be contingent on the participation of mature, highly motivated individuals who have already developed some trust in one another. (Author)

Provides insight into the desirability of assigning clients to counselors with a high proportion of successful closures with members of the clients' disability group. The criterion of desirability was the Cooper-Rubin suitability-of-placement index. Results indicated no positive relationship between counselors' proportion of successful closures…

This paper, presented at the Gerontological Society meeting, October 1975, Louisville, examines the hypothesis that attitudinal differences between age groups will vary by type of community. Comparisons are made of 24 attitude scale scores by 224 young-old persons and 42 old-old persons. More differences were found in the urban groups. (Author)

The effects of counselor verbal behavior (reflections, probes, and restatements) and counselor nonverbal behavior (presence or absence of nodding and smiling) upon 48 subjects was examined. Probes resulted in more discussion of feelings than did either reflections or restatements. Nonverbal behavior did not effect discussion of feelings. (Author)

Too often the only contact the assistant principal has with students is in his role as disciplinarian. If the total school atmosphere can be improved, the author asserts, not only will fewer disciplinary problems occur but the assistant principalship will become more positive. (Editor)