The hypothesis that adolescent psychiatric patients would be deficient with respect to normal controls in their interpersonal problem-solving skills was tested by comparing the patient and control groups on seven tasks ref lecting different aspects of problem solving. (Author)

This study investigated some characteristics of persons experiencing "flashbacks," and provides systematic descriptions of the flashback phenomena. The drug user showed no significant differences in psychopathological characteristics as measured by the MMPI, nor significant differences in attentional processes as measured by the Embedded Figures…

Results from this study showed that external subjects provided with counseling and systematic desensitization felt that they retained too much control of therapy, while internals generally indicated an optional amount of control in counseling. (Author)

This study investigated the effectiveness of group counseling designed to increase the number of tentative career choices made by sixth-grade girls and to decrease the percentage of sex-typed choices. (Author)

Recruitment is discussed in relation to the fact that few individuals understand the behavioral aspects of the college recruitment interview. (Author)

State anxiety shown by subjects in interactions with a disabled person were compared. Interactions with disabled persons result in increased state anxiety for the normal person. (Author/EK)

The purpose of the research was to ascertain the effectiveness of academic aptitude measures, measures of school motivation, and life history factors as predictors of the accomplishments of high school seniors, attained outside their formal programs of study, measured by responses to the Talented Accomplishments Questionnaire. (Author)

This 1972 investigation analyzed differential perceptions and preferences of teachers, principals, and school psychologists to three models of interview style: clinical, phenomenological, and social learning. The conclusion that school psychology is on a behavioristic path not yet endorsed by educators was strongly supported. (Author)

To find clues to cultural meanings of highly popular and highly unpopular occupations from SVIB-W, 227 women-in-general subjects judged nine popular and nine unpopular titles on 26 semantic-differential scales. (Author)

Industrial workers who perceive work as their central life interest (CLI) also describe themselves as having a higher level of decisiveness, initiative, and supervisory ability than workers with other CLI orientations. This is one result found in this study which investigates the relationship between personality and CLI. (Author/HMV)

Two Japanese universities are undertaking a research program in child language by studying children's verbal and nonverbal development, sponsoring lectures on child language and holding an annual symposium on related subjects. (CK)

Research studying the responses of 1,018 prefreshmen men and 901 prefreshmen women reveals moderate relationships between the SVIB occupational categories and the OAIS temperament and learning styles scales. By examining the relationship between these two inventories, counselors can become more sophisticated in the use of these instruments with…

The purpose of the study was to compare predictions of freshmen through senior year grades for black and white students by sex for new freshmen who entered on university in fall 1968 and 1969. Results showed that different patterns of prediction for different race/sex subgroups emerged. (Author)

A resurvey shows significant increases in sexual activity for 14- and 15-year-olds of both genders. Findings indicate that the new morality is not limited to sexuality, but extends to the broader context of youthful behavior. Heavy involvement in sexual activity was also related to other delinquent acts. (Author)

Subjects with low levels of cognitive moral development chose either traditional morality, the double standard, or permissiveness without affection standard. Those with a moderate degree of cognitive moral development chose permissiveness with affection. The formulation of premarital sexual standards was discussed and theoretical implications were…