Investigated the effect of stress and preparation for stress on emotional indicators (EIs) of children, aged 4 to 12 years, who were hospitalized for elective surgery. All children were asked twice to draw a human figure. EIs increased only in the group that was stressed and unprepared. (Author)

Reviews research on internal-external (I-E) locus of control expectancies and health attitudes and behaviors. The theoretical background of the I-E construct is described. Topics include I-E in relation to health knowledge, precautionary health practices, reactions to physical disorders, psychological responding, psychological disturbances, and…

Translates Oskar Pfister's 1930 article proposing that persons faced with extreme danger exclude reality from their perceptions and lapse into pleasurable fantasies that constitute a form of psychic protection against the threat of death. Notes that depersonalization takes place and prevents the conscious experience of fear. (Author/RC)

Describes the American mathematical psychologists' computer-based method of constructing representations of the psychological structure of a set of stimuli on the basis of pairwise measures of similarity on confusability. Psychological structure is represented utilizing multidimensional spatial configurations and nondimensional tree-structures or…

The author discusses the concepts of giftedness and the problems inherent in identifying gifted children. He proposes that the development of screening techniques might aid early identification of gifted children "at risk" and that attempts should be made to profile gifted delinquents who may not respond well to therapy. (CT)

Ratings of mood quality and intensity of response were derived from interviews with 58 nursery school children (ages 3 to 5) and from direct observations. Findings based on these two attributes signaled emotional distress and identified those children who required referral for clinical disorders within the subsequent five-year period. (Author/PHR)

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory scores yielded significant discriminations between cancer and noncancer groups. The group with cancer was significantly separated from the noncancer group on the basis of lower scores on Byrne's Repression-Sensitization scale (greater repression) and on the Depression scale of the MMPI (less…

Stress arises from the discrepancy between the teacher's needs, values, and expectations and the actual occupational rewards, job demands, and the capacity of the worker to meet these requirements. An inservice teacher workshop program for stress identification and management is outlined. (JMF)

Overviews research studies dealing with the biological, psychological, and sociological aspects of menstruation and its relationship to mood, task performance, and sexual performance. Includes a discussion of research dealing with women suffering from mental health problems. (MK)

A study of college students showed that asserters and males expressed more anger and aggression and nonasserters experienced more covert anger. Men scored higher than women on guilt and condemnation of anger, a reflection of the study sample rather than an actual population difference. (Author)

Examines the contemporary young adult novels of four authors. Shows that studying these novels, which have believable teenage characters, can help the young to see cruelty as selfish, stupid, or vicious, and to become aware of and control their own cruel impulses. (RL)

The way to combat stress is to look at it positively, according to the author. She discusses ego damagers, dealing with constructive and destructive stress, and how to control stress. (MF)

Investigates the hypothesis that individuals perceiving threat to behavioral freedom will be motivated to restore this freedom. A study using a pretest-posttest, with-in subjects design was conducted with undergraduate freshmen as subjects. The findings did not support theoretical expectations. (Author)

Proactive inhibition was demonstrated by a decrement in the recall of new items that were presented on successive lists. One of the findings was that all groups demonstrated the effects of and release from proactive inhibition. (Author/DLS)

The differences between teenage sons' and daughters' perceptions of their mothers' and fathers' verbal and nonverbal expressiveness of several emotions were investigated. Results indicated that fathers are perceived as less expressive of all emotions except physical anger, a finding with important implications for sex role learning. (Author/GC)