Predictor variables examined are self-reported health, income, education, and an activity index. Health and activity emerge as strong predictors of life satisfaction, while income influences life satisfaction indirectly via activity. The importance of investigating direct and indirect effects of variables via path analysis is discussed. (Author)

Residence educators continue to attempt to build a sense of community within residence halls without considering the significance of territoriality. In a very real sense, territoriality is a principal foundation of community in all cultures. Residence educators can provide opportunities for students to personalize and control their space. (Author)

Emphasis was directed toward three factors: (1) social density; (2) spatial density; and (3) overall institutional population level. In prisons, higher population years yielded higher death rates and higher rates of psychiatric commitments. Blood pressure was higher in more crowded housing. Degree of perceived crowding was related to space per…

This paper reports on research addressed to the attitudes and feelings of birth parents years after they relinquished babies for adoption. It discusses reasons for relinquishment, parental fantasies about the child, parental interest in reunion with the child, and parental feelings about opening the sealed records. Advocates reunion and research.…

The article discusses possible reasons and statistical sex differences concerning dating anxiety, and then goes on to describe four models proposed to account for these data. Social skill training and "practice dating" are suggested as treatments. Practical considerations in the implementation of the treatment are also dealt with. (LPG)

Learners enter a learning situation with a preconceived notion of what teaching style is best for them. For those learners perceiving congruency between their preferred style and the teaching style actually received, achievement was greater than for those perceiving incongruency. (Author)

Investigates the influence of contraceptive knowledge among young persons on sexual involvement, personal responsibility, and perception of options in the event of unwanted pregnancy. (Author)

Describes recommended Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) regulations concerning the participation of institutionalized persons in behavioral research. (SL)

Evaluation of microcounseling training as an in-service training model with residence hall staff. Three measures used: Orientation Inventory, before and after videotapes made of staff members in the counseling role, and Microcounseling Skill Discrimination Index. Statistical significance found with pre- and posttaped interviews and with the MSDI.…

The Jungian conceptual framework, reflected in the Myers-briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), provides a systhesizing, explanatory, and predictive scheme for common traits of the police personality. The MBTI may be a useful tool in training, counseling, and organizational change, but is limited as an exclusive instrument for selection. (Author)

Questionnaires were mailed to all female graduates of Clemson University who earned baccalaureate degrees from 1963 to 1974. A majority of the respondents said they worked because of a desire to use their education and because they derive personal satisfaction from working outside the home. (Author)

The efficient management of social service agencies is in part dependent on a clear understanding among board members, executive directors, and staff of their own and one another's role expectations and functions. Concludes that agency personnel showed only a moderate degree of clarity. (Author)

A pilot research study is described, aimed at investigating the hypotheses that psychosexual factors are of central importance in the psychological recovery of the mastectomy patient and that counseling would prove beneficial. Results indicated that sexual self-concept superseded mortality as the primary concern of most recovering mastectomy…

Deals with describing differences regarding life and death meanings between parents of so-called "children with problems" and of parents of children without such problems, and gaining some understanding and indication of the effect of a remedial, therapeutic program on the meaning of life and death. (Author)

This paper analyzes the decisions and experiences of 52 academics from four universities who agreed to retire early because of increased annulities or substantial lump-sum severance payments. Only one respondent was dissatisfied with his decision to retire early; 73 percent were very satisfied. (Author)