Palmore's "Facts on Aging Quiz" is reconsidered in light of the results of over 500 administrations to health workers and health occupation students. An analysis of the data gathered suggests that the quiz has utility for three of the four purposes suggested by its creator. (Author)

This study tests the common assertion that women, especially upper-middle-class housewives, vicariously experience their husbands' success. Findings for 121 mostly upper-middle-class housewives disprove this assertion. Husband's success does positively affect a housewife's self-esteem, but only indirectly, through its effect on perceived marital…

The object of this study was to examine the effects of in vivo systematic desensitization and systematic desensitization with symbolic modeling on college students who participated in counseling groups on death and dying. No significant differences were found between the treatment groups and control groups. (Author)

This study focused upon the question of whether adolescent 4-H Club members' attitudes toward the aged can be changed through participation in specially designed educational experiences. Three types of experiences were provided. Significant positive changes in attitudes occured within each of the experimental groups from pre-test to post-test.…

The results of this research indicate that persons with a history of premarital cohabitation do not describe their marriages differently from persons without a history of cohabitation. The authors conclude that premarital cohabitation may not provide types of learning experiences that significantly alter an individual's success in marriage.…

For a study of marital togetherness and apartness, the partners in 136 couples completed questionnaires. The role of disrespect, a factor serving as an abrasive in marriage, was investigated. Findings suggest that therapy for couples with a presenting problem of insufficient contact may first have to deal with abrasive factors. (Author)

Do counselor educators identify with particular counseling theories, and, if so, with which ones most frequently? Sampled counselor educators (N=596) described their theoretical orientations in their own words, revealing tremendous variety. Four categories emerged as the most frequent responses: eclectic, client-centered, humanistic, and…

Examines data from the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) to predict passage of the GED examination. Data were collected and analyzed from four different geographically diffuse states for both comparative and predictive capabilities. The G and V scores on these subtests (at 110 or greater) indicate almost definite prediction. (Author)

Spousal consensus on 12 different topics is examined. Amount and direction of the influence of these factors (structure, cohesion and stress) thought to account for consensus are evaluated. Interviews with 321 urban couples provided the data for analysis. (Author)

This paper criticizes past research in consultee-centered consultation because of the inadequate description of techniques and subjective criteria which are not based on directly observable behavior. A research design based on the use of a small number of subjects is proposed as one way to improve this research. (Author)

The effects of intermittent modeling were examined using three groups of 15 four- and five-year-old children. (Author/SBH)

This research investigated the application of the balance concept to predict the dynamic relationships among: (1) the sociometric ranking of each participant's behavior by his team members: (2) his self-rating; and (3) the agreement between these two evaluations. (Author/PD)

This article reviews the differences between two types of workshops and a control group on the development of positive interviewing skills. An assertiveness training group, combined with the presentation of interviewing skills and a didactic group, were the two treatments. (Author)

As measured by a variety of dependent variables, assertion training was effective in modifying assertive behavior but ineffective with aggressive behavior in a group of low-assertive but aggressive college women. (Author)

Three competing hypotheses are tested regarding determinants of husband's (vs wife's) participation in 12 selected household/child-care activities. The research utilized interview responses of husbands, although it compares responses of both husbands and wives in a proportionate stratified area-probability sample from adjacent midwestern cities.…