Using data collected from a previous pilot study, it was concluded that the primary indicators of masculinity and femininity are appearance and behavior. Presented at the American Psychological Association Convention, Washington, D.C., 1976. (Author)

The DELTA Chart acts as a communication device by displaying project needs in flow-chart form. Its five elements are: Decision box, Event box, Logic box, Time Arrow, and Activity box. It can also provide the administrator with better planning and monitoring capabilities. For journal availability see HE 509 147. (LBH)

This article is concerned with the relationship of assumption or knowledge of departure from the heterosexual orientation to the abridgment of civil liberties. Results indicated the most frequently violated civil liberties were equality and procedural due process and there was more assumption than knowledge of sexual orientation. (Author)

This study suggests that group leaders should be aware that group members enter at different levels of personality development. Members are likely to have group expectations for their personal growth. Group leaders should be aware of their own level of expected change. Leader expectations have impact on group cohension. (MFD)

Explored relationships between recidivism while on parole and 19 predictor variables reflective of offender or offense characteristics among 105 young adult male felons 22 months after parole. Significant bivariate relationships were found between the criterion and marital status, religious group membership, nature of the offense, and number of…

Proportional samples of 113 residents (68 successes and 45 failures) were randomly selected from 1,361 residents (838 successes and 523 failures) who entered state community corrections centers in Michigan. Cross-validated multiple regression analyses show employment status at the centers to be the most powerful predictor of success. (Author)

The comparability of experimental and comparison groups, problems in sampling and matching, existence of uncontrolled differences and their statistical treatment, and problems of client mobility and experimental control are discussed and illustrated by examples from an evaluation project. (Author)

A study of desire for, frequency of, and attitudes towards extramarital involvement (EMI) was conducted, using 100 male and female college students ranging in age from 19 to 55. Predictive factors other than desire, frequency, and attitude were number of marriages, and the social desirability scale. (Author)

A social power theory of parental identification is presented, in contrast to sex-role theories of identification, which argues that the more parental power each parent is perceived to have, the higher the degree of adolescent identification with that parent. (Author)

The physical attractiveness stereotype was examined as it pertains to the attribution of psychological disturbance among peers. Consistent with the stereotype, attractive interviewees were judged as less disturbed with better prognosis than unattractive interviewees. (Author)

The present study explored the utility of treating self-esteem as an attitude that might be vulnerable to the same kinds of experimental manipulations usually directed at more traditional, less consequential attitudinal issues. (Author)

This study investigates the usefulness of the Preschool Attainment Record (PAR) as a measure of children's developmental skills. The PAR was compared to the Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST) as the criterion measure, and they were found to correlate .891. (Author)

A 25-year-old male suffering from pervasive anxiety was treated with a modified induced anxiety procedure. Results indicated that as modified induced anxiety was sequentially applied to anxiety levels, there was a corresponding decline in self-monitored anxiety at the targeted level. (Author)

Relaxation as self-control and desensitization were compared to a wait-list control in reduction of rest and other anxieties. Active treatments differed significantly from the control treatment. Subjects in both treatments reported less debilitating test anxiety, whereas desensitization subjects showed greater facilitating test anxiety. (Author)