The isolating atmosphere of a college was a significant factor in student attrition and that attrition in turn cost the small college more than one percent of its total annual operating budget of $8,000,000. The methodology of relating student attrition problems to quality of life issues is discussed. (Author)

Ratings of vocational competence, marriageability, and interpersonal success were made by male and female subjects of a stimulus person described in a one-page, single-spaced biography. The results indicated that both men and women perceived the female attorney as being the most vocationally competent. (Author)

Information about new occupational opportunities for women was read by 144 high school juniors, while 106 other juniors read information about opportunities in general. All students subsequently selected occupations. Differences were found in the "status" of occupations chosen for boy versus girl profiles. (Author)

Surveyed graduate counseling students regarding attitudes toward homosexuality. Results indicate counseling students feel ill-prepared to deal with homosexual clients, are unsure about the etiology of homosexuality, and that female students respond differently from male students regarding many aspects of homosexuality. (Author)

Scales measuring attitudes toward various unconventional groups were presented to 100 college students and 51 homosexual respondents. Homosexual respondents expressed significantly more tolerant attitudes toward deviantly labeling groups than did student respondents. (Author)

Explores the dimensions of self-concept in response to sensitivity training, i.e., that psychologically healthy participants would make greater gains in self-actualization than would those participants who viewed themselves as less healthy. Results support the hypothesis. (Author/HMV)

This study investigates whether six women who previously had received 15 sessions of group systematic desensitization (SD) for their sexual anxiety would report additional treatment gains from participation in a sexual-enchantment workshop with their partners. The women reported a significant decrease in sexual anxiety. (Author)

This study investigates how willing adolescents were to disclose their problems and tensions to: (1) their mothers; (2) their fathers, and (3) their peers. Results indicate they are significantly more likely to inform their mothers of troubles than their fathers. (Author)

Articles (N = 61) in major sociological journals were analyzed for content and method of sampling. The findings show that females are underrepresented in studies on the formation of college plans. Significant differences between males and females were also observed in the effects of intelligence, peers, and social class on college plans. (Author)

The Family of the nursing home patient can be a powerful treatment resource when productive involvement is maximized. This research looked at the quantity and quality of resident-family interactions before and after placement. Results indicated continued involvement of families. However, quality of visits was a major problem for many families.…

This paper presents the results of a medical-social questionnaire made by members of the Scientific Commission of the First International Congress of Drug Addiction Among University Students, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1974. (Author)

This study developed a Drug Involvement Classification for a general population. The classification took into consideration the following: type of drug used, legality, frequency and recency of drug use, number and combinations of drug used. The classification was developed from a New York State survey conducted in 1970. (Author)

Available from: Sage Publications, Inc., 275 South Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, California 90212. Overcorrection procedures were used with two severely retarded males (21 and 35 years old) to suppress stereotyped movements. (IM)

Examined effectiveness of different empathy training approaches with high and low conceptual level (CL) trainees and effects of client ambivalence on empathic responding. High CL trainees were found to be more empathic to ambivalent affect statements, while no difference was found on responses to nonambivalent statements. (Author)

Investigates whether general anxiety or anxiety about choice of a college major and choice of a vocation were related to educational-vocational decidedness. Of the 10 independent variables, nine were found to be related to at least one of the dependent variables, thus supporting the relationships hypothesized between anxiety and career decision…