The present study investigated the applicability of a "vicarious behavior induction" (VBI) strategy to a residential treatment program for heroin addicts. Subjects who participated in the videomodeling group had substantially better vocational outcomes 30, 90, and 180 days after treatment than those who participated in the videolecture…

Test-anxious subjects (N=19) participated in an outcome study comparing systematic desensitization, cue-controlled relaxation, and no treatment. The treatment groups demonstrated significant improvement on the self-report measures of test and state anxiety but not on the behavioral indices. The potential advantages of this technique over…

Questionnaires were administered to 100 males and 168 females, members and non-members of the gay community. Issues pertaining to differences between homosexually behaving males and females cannot be addressed apart from corresponding issues concerning the impact of the gay community as a facilitator of homoerotic sexual aspirations. (Author)

This research examines some of the difficulties of evaluating pupils in the affective domain. All schools are involved in some form of moral education. We should examine what kinds of values the pupils are taught to develop. (MFD)

An analysis of the profiles of 1,243 secondary school students showed that 45 percent had the same Group cluster as their peak interest on two successive years, demonstrating the stability of the COPSystem interest classification. (Author)

The Job Knowledge Survey (JKS) is a new instrument that measures job knowledge across two sets of dimensions. Results provide support for its validity. The JKS, therefore, appears to have strong potential as an effective measure of job knowledge. (Author)

This study identified factors associated with postcollege changes in the personality functioning of 170 young alumni. Using the Omnibus Personality Inventory and a questionnaire, relationships between individual change and demographic variables were computed. Respondents with high undergraduate GPA's evidenced considerable intellectual remission.…

Two kinds of videotaped modeling--an expert and a coping model approach--were compared as to the relative effectiveness of each method in reducing beginning counselors' anxiety toward a counseling interview. Those persons who viewed expert models significantly reduced situationally related anxiety following participation in an analogue interview.…

A study (N = 60) was conducted to investigate the relationship between sex, the Bem Sex-Role Inventory, and measures of social influence. It was found that regardless of the subject's sex, masculine and androgynous persons received more positive peer evaluations than feminine persons. (Author)

Barriers to employment for economically and vocationally disadvantaged persons are presented in this study. Four clusters of barriers are identified: job qualifications, social and interpersonal conflict, legal and financial problems, and emotional-personal problems. Counseling programs are also described to help individuals overcome these…

Caretakers of 100 Foster Family Care (FFC) homes were interviewed to assess demographic characteristics, relationship with sponsoring agency, family-nature of the home, and community recation. Although some programmatic difficulties emerged, residents appear well integrated and caretakers report much personal satisfaction. (Author)

Questionnaires from 225 homosexual and 233 heterosexual adult women revealed 115 cases of rape or attempted rape. Data from 78 follow-up questionnaires are summarized. About the same proportion of lesbians and heterosexuals, age 16 or over, were the object of rape. Inferences are drawn about the rapists' attitudes toward women. (Author)

This study examined the interaction effect of students, drugs, and alienation in a large university, i.e., the linkages of both social and political alienation with drug behavior. The interaction terms which composed these forms of alienation were evaluated as to their comparative ability to produce drug behavior. (Author)

This study investigated effects of receiving results of the Kuder Occupational Interest Survey on several aspects of vocational behavior among high school students. It was found that receiving results increased self-knowledge compared to a control group who received none. Implications for guidance programs in the schools are discussed. (Author)

Expressed vocational choices were more predictive of employment status four years after high school graduation for males than were scores on either the Vocational Preference Inventory or the Kuder Preference Record--Vocational. Predictions for males were more accurate than for females on all measures. (Author)