This paper derives from a study of sexual practices and drug use of clients of the Haight-Ashbury Free Medical Clinics in San Francisco, California. A separate paper described how "junkie" and "nonjunkie" portions of this sample differed. The present paper attempts a similar analysis of "straight" and "gay"…

Marriage is the traditionally approved means of organizing one's sex life. However, many persons maintain an agreeable sex life in other ways. This paper will examine marriage and its contemporary alternatives on the basis of data derived from a youthful, drug-using population. (Author)

Ex-smokers (N = 61) who had stopped smoking as part of a televised "clinic" were assigned to either a tape-reinforcement or nonreinforcement condition and were followed up a month later. A self-regulated reward system can be an extremely cost-effective tool in preventing short-term recidivism among neophyte ex-smokers. (Author)

Measurements based on a structural analytic model of social behavior describe the three-year long psychotherapy of a single family. The model is built on two axes labeled affiliation and interdependence and appears in three planes referring to parentlike, childlike, and introjected behaviors. The model specifies logical opposites, complements, and…

Cross-validated the effectiveness of the Satz-Mogel short form of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale controlling for the influence of age, racial-ethnic group, and IQ range. Results suggest that age and racial-ethnic group do not affect the short-form validity but that IQ range does. (Author)

Examined relationship between source of payment, divided into self-payers versus third party plus self-payers, and three therapy process variables for 404 admissions to a community mental health center. Overall analyses found that source of payment was significantly related to number of client contacts and length of stay. (Author)

Inmates were administered the revised Activity Preference Questionnaire, the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16 PF), the Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI), the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), the Sensation-Seeking Scale, and the Personal Opinion Study. Inspection of correlations and factors associated with indices…

Each utterance of a psychotherapy session conducted by Carl Rogers was transcribed on a separate card. Fifteen undergraduate subjects reconstituted client-therapist sequences more accurately than therapist-client sequences. (Author)

Compared were the cognitive outcomes between a university based course on creative classroom concepts and methods for 137 classroom teachers taught via the telenetwork and the same course taught at face-to-face locations. (SBH)

To examine the effects of behavior sampling on global ratings, four groups of 10 teachers each received varying amounts of observation training, practice, and feedback. (Author)

Many minority scholars have sought answers and skills that directly translate into meaningful resolution to the social injustice and inequality facing their communities. Yet it is these research areas that help keep them in the role of second-class academic citizens. (MLW)

Scientists feel that progress in artificial intelligence and the availability of thousands of experimental results make this the right time to build and test theories on how people think and learn, using the computer to model minds. (MSE)

This article examines some of the research evidence bearing on questions central to the debate about the proper mix of family and state responsibility for the care of the frail elderly, including what forms of support older people and their caregivers prefer and how formal and informal care interact. (CT)

The relationship between evaluation of research and resource allocation in universities is examined. Some areas of concern include the institution's capability to evaluate research, its objectives, problems of peer evaluation, and the search for new methodologies. (MSE)

Two articles are presented. The first reviews and suggests procedures for determining appropriate sample sizes and for determining the response representativeness in survey research. The second presents a study designed to determine the effects of computer use on keyboarding technique and skill. (CT)