Politically alienated elderly include those feeling inefficacious and others who are cynical. Yet cynics hold favorable attitudes toward voting and regularly cast ballots. The inefficacy and cynicism associated with political conservatism reflect pre-New Deal educational norms and political orientation. (Author)

This paper analyzes data from interviews with 167 drug users in the community, including age, sex, birth order, education, family constellation, and circumstances of first drug use. The majority of subjects had tried to stop using drugs, but most had been unsuccessful at the time of the interview. (Author)

Three matched groups (n=27) of young adult alcohol offenders, non-alcohol offenders and controls were compared on mental health, use of alcohol, and problem drinking. Implications suggest that excessive drinking may be learned and maintained by psychological, physiological, and/or sociological reinforcement(s). (Author)

This research measured the relationship between humor appreciation responses and facilitative abilities of graduate counselor trainees. In this study counselor trainees who were more intelligent, anti-establishment, anxious, flirtatious and introverted were able to communicate at a more facilitative level. Implications and further research are…

Provided is a collection of materials relating to information and research programs and services on deafness. (SBH)

University-managed research differs greatly from industry-managed research in terms of budgeting, staffing, and decision-making. Procedures at the University of Guelph are cited that use an integrating control system to manage a project. For journal availability see HE 509 147. (LBH)

Construct validity and longitudinal stability evidence for three cluster dimensions of personality identified as Anxiety, Extraversion, and Openness is examined in a sample of adult males. Correlations with Allport-Vernon-Lindsay Value scales, Cornell Medical Index scores, Eysenck E and N scales, and factors from the SVIB are presented. (Author)

This study investigated the effects of videotape feedback on group and self-satisfaction. Subjects' post-meeting satisfaction with group performance was significantly altered after receiving objective feedback through videotape playbacks. Post-meeting self-satisfaction was not significantly changed. Implications of these findings are discussed.…

This study investigated the effect of two independent variables on the sharing behavior of children. The results indicated that both observing a model share and longer ownership of the item facilitated sharing in these children, although the latter was originally hypothesized to retard sharing. (Author)

A brief family intervention consisting of training in conflict resolution and contingency management was given to families reporting high rates of parent-child problems of long duration. The implications of these findings for a strong systems view of families and family therapy are discussed. (Author)

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) protocols for 242 acute psychiatric inpatients were scored on the 13 content scales. The age, IQ, and education of each subject were also recorded. Content-scale scores were compared with scores from normal groups and were found to be significantly greater. (Author)

Teacher ratings on the Behavior Problem Checklist of adolescents who were clinically diagnosed as schizophrenic (psychotic) and those who had an adjustment reaction of adolescence (nonpsychotic) were compared. The schizophrenics tended to be rated as more deviant on both the flag items and Inadequacy-Immaturity dimensions of the checklist. (Author)

Observed that current measures of sex role style, such as the Bem inventory, assess only positive, socially desirable attributes. A set of socially undesirable but sex-typed characteristics was developed and examined in relation to Bem Sex Role Inventory categories. (Author)

College freshmen (N=80) who scored near the mean on the Extraversion (E) and Neuroticism (N) scales of the Eysenck Personality Inventory were given falsified score reports. The findings are considered in terms of social desirability and reaction to stereotypical female sex roles. (Author)