This study found that career maturity attitudes are positively associated with parental behavior conducive to psychological well-being, and are negatively associated with parental behavior tending to produce psychological maladjustment. (Author)

Entering college students differ in their career approach--nearly half choose their major first, and slightly over half choose their occupation first; students differ by college, with slight differences by sex. (Author)

Vocational rehabilitation counselors made estimates of client test data and made clinical judgments about client planning based on interview information only. Comparisons with actual test results showed only mixed support for estimating ability. There was high agreement, however, between counselor judgments and judgments based on test battery…

This study demonstrates the reliability of holistic reading for student essays. It was found that the Test of Standard Written English correlates to a greater degree with the holistic reading scores than it does with teacher-assigned grades. (Author)

The degree of satisfaction with both academic and nonacademic facets of college life is an important variable in determining the attitudes of college students toward both their present and future goal attainment. One of the major developmental trends during the college years was a significant increase in goal-directedness. (Author)

Interviews with a nationwide sample of young and low-income Black, Chicano, and Caribbean men and women, as well as their nonminority counterparts, reveal that the large majority disapprove of illicit drug phenomena. Although 50 percent of the youth report having had illicit drug experiences, 66 percent of these currently disapprove of illicit…

Differences exist in the needs and characteristics of different age groups of undergraduate college students. The American College Test Student Profile Report illuminates some of these differences, much as other studies have done. Frequent sampling of student needs, and student use of, and satisfaction with, student services is important. (Author)

The concept of "family life cycle" has become increasingly prominent in the study of "family development"--the formation, maintenance, change, and dissolution of marriage and family relations. An evaluation of this concept is accomplished by examining the relationships among three possible stratification schemes for studying family development.…

This investigation focuses on the association between modernization and the level and type of membership extension beyond the nuclear core in Philippine families. Modernization is positively associated with overall nonnuclear membership size but is differentially related to the components. (Author)

Data show that the first-time freshmen, who were overassigned in residence halls, did no worse than other students concerning grade point average. The peer pressure may have been a motivating force. There was no male/female difference. Data also show no difference in environment perception. (LPG)

This article explores the level of congruence that six different personality types feel for the social environment of counseling, and, using a hexagonal model, calculates the expected effects of this variable upon interaction. The article illustrates the special nature of the male personality, and suggests alterations of present counseling…

The purposes of this study were to examine the attitudes toward women of various groups of college students and to study their attitudes in relationship to levels of exhibited authoritarianism. A greater percentage of authoritarian subjects perceived women in a negative way. (Author)

An instrument was administered to 104 elementary education majors. Findings include that subjects: (1) recognize that the problem of child abuse exists; (2) believe most teachers are not equipped to deal with child abuse, but expect victims of abuse in their classrooms; and (3) lack a clear understanding of referrals. (Author)

A research questionnaire was distributed to assess how extensively aging is taught within the schools. It was more common in secondary schools. Respondents felt that it was a nontraditional topic, and that previous attempts to teach it were unsuccessful. The same percentage of respondents felt that the interest existed as did not. (LPG)

Results showed strong empirical support for the model in that most subjects were working in environments congruent with their personality types. However, there was a lack of empirical support for the proposed relatedness among the environments in the model with regard to person-environment congruence. (Author)