Graduate students in College Student Personnel Administration were surveyed to determine their research orientation. In general, respondents exhibited a relatively strong orientation to inquiry-related activities. If favorable attitudes to inquiry are desirable, students should be strongly encouraged to take part in research or coursework in…

This paper describes the first state-wide study of citizen participation to include all groups responsible for the administration of community mental-health programs. It notes the necessity to take into consideration the citizens' level of understanding and potential for involvement. (Author)

There was a statistically significant difference in measured behavioral changes of a group of helpees aided by counselors who scored high or low on Carkhuff measures. There seemed to be a direct correlation between desirable counseling processes and later positive outcomes, according to ratings on a behavioral scale. (Author)

This study examines how some of the country's future professionals perceive the aged. The data indicate that among social work, law, and medical students there is a striking absence of knowledge of the most basic facts about the elderly. (Author)

Psychological and systemic variables affecting Black single-parent families were studied. An attempt was made to describe some of the forces that maintain or impede the functioning of the Black single-parent family. (Author)

The present study focuses primarily upon wives in Black middle-class families, with comparisons made to wives in middle-class White and working-class Black families. Results suggest that Black middle-class wives have higher employment rates because of economic need. (Author)

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between type of interrole conflict, choice of coping strategy, and overall satisfaction with role performance of Black employed wives with children. It was found that type of conflict influenced the choice of coping strategy. (Author)

Data derived from an administration of the Death Anxiety Scale to Australian samples are analyzed with a view to providing comparative cross-cultural observations, as well as some indication of reliability and validity in the Australian context. (Author)

Authors explore the contemporary myth that social and cultural traits prevent Jews from becoming alcoholics and report on the problem of alcoholism existing in Israel. They further report on a 1974 treatment project, which dealt with abstention, rehabilitation, integration, and indigenous leadership. Results in work, family, and community were…

Holland's theory served as a basis for designing a 15-hour career development seminar for 24 undergraduate students. Seminar participants evidenced significant improvement over 22 control students on four of the six scales of the Career Maturity Inventory. (Author)

In an earlier experiment, college recruiters evaluated a videotape of an interviewee who was either male or female, and who displayed either a moderately aggressive or passive self-presentation. In the present paper, two studies are presented which replicate and extend the findings of the original experiment. (Author)

Severly depressed children were identified who were also self-abusive and/or suicidal. Case study revealed fragmented, pathological homes, where the children's affect disorders were symptomatic of acute family breakdown, marital disharmony, and violence, both verbal and physical. Follow-up on children revealed that no child had committed suicide.…

Data indicate that, once academic women select or are selected for administrative careers, quantitative opportunities are available to those who seem to be approximately equivalent to men. However, if qualitative measures are assessed, it becomes clear that women administrators do not fare as well as men. (Author)

General conclusions are that, although resident and commuter students are similar in many respects, there are differences between them. However, commuters are not clearly disadvantaged in any respect. Subgroups of commuters differ more from each other than from resident students, and therefore commuters should be considered a heterogeneous group.…

Patterns of perceptual deficits were investigated in a population of academically deficient juvenile delinquents. Comparisons were made with youthful offenders with adequate academic skills. Multiple perceptual deficits involving both auditory and visual perceptual skills formed the basis of the majority of academic deficiencies and social…