In this article, the personality characteristics of today's business students are examined. A group of 15 manifest needs are evaluated by means of the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule and are analyzed within the framework of an analysis of variance model incorporating sex, age, and educational level. (Author)

A group of 100 members of senior citizen centers was interviewed to determine educational implications of affiliation phenomenon. A modified semantic differential technique was used to determine the rank ordering of four affiliation factors. The results showed that members tend to affiliate with groups primarily to gather new information. (Author)

Evidence suggests that selection of self-accepting teachers, especially at elementary school levels, is critical to development of children's self-concepts. The purpose of this study was to investigate relationships between fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade children's self- and ideal self-concepts, and their perceptions of teachers' feelings toward…

This study measured the effectiveness of a behavior modification training program with parents of hard-core delinquents. Ten parents of hard-core delinquents were assigned to an experimental group, and ten to a control group. The comparison between the pre- and post-testing showed statistically significant differences for the experimental group.…

This study examines a "normal" sample of college students whose parents had divorced before the subjects were 16. Of the subjects, 83 percent reported feeling stress during at least one phase of the divorce. Specific problems subjects faced, as well as coping strategies they employed, are described. (Author)

A factor analysis was performed on a set of variables (including subject characteristics, standardized tests, ratings, and work samples) used to predict work performance, or industrial rate, for 127 mentally retarded adults. (Author)

Lateralization of response to the suggestion of a sensation was recorded in 100 psychiatric patients (16-60 years old) and related to their handedness. (Author)

To determine if whispered reading practice affects stuttering adaptation, and if practice in reading aloud is superior to whispered reading in promoting adaptation, eight adult stutterers read aloud for five trials (control condition) or aloud for two and whispered for three trials (experimental condition). (Author/CL)

This summary account of the research productivity of the school of Information and Computer Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology describes research in theory and foundations, information processing technology, and information systems, as well as efforts to explore the nature and content of the information-based areas of knowledge. (VT)

A random sample of 250 householders in 4 western communities were surveyed on their attitudes toward social work. Responses were analyzed according to the respondents' sex, occupation, and prior acquaintance with a social worker. The results were more positive than in earlier studies. (Author)

This study investigated the impact of a marriage enrichment program. One experimental group received fair-fight training for three weeks followed by a sexual enhancement format for three additional weeks. The second experimental group received the opposite treatment sequence. Treatment effects generally favored the treatment groups over the…

This study was designed to ascertain whether or not working wives derive status benefits from their own occupational attainments. Findings suggest that they do. (Author)

Reduction in fertility of remarried women relative to once married women was investigated. When marital history of husband was controlled, it became evident that a greater reduction of fertility was observed among women with previously married husbands than among remarried women whose husbands had not been previously married. (Author)

The parity (first, second, third or fourth) of recent births by 200 women was significantly associated with their reactions to childbearing, as measured by their responses to 18 attitude items, and the application of 12 content analysis affect scales to their recollections. (Author)

This research investigates frequency and type of contact young children have had with elderly persons. It also examines the relationship between this contact and children's frequency of contact with elderly persons and their ability to identify the elderly. (Author)