While a variety of scales and instruments to measure parental support exist, most of these have not received adequate analysis. Utilizing two bodies of data, the widely used Heilbrun, Cornell, and Schaefer measures of parental support were examined. Results are presented. (Author)

The Wickens "release from proactive inhibition" task involves presenting several trigrams of one type for several trials and then shifting to another type. College students, elderly community residents, and elderly rest-home residents were compared on the Wickens task. College students were superior in over-all memory. (Author)

This study suggests that the more semester hours a freshman attempts, the higher his or her grade point average is likely to be. Numerous other factors, however, affect grades. (Author)

This study correlated Templer's Death Anxiety Scale among 65 college students with their attitudes and behaviors toward the elderly. There was no evidence for the anxiety-denial hypothesis that fear of aging and death results in repression of ideas associated with aging and with rejection of the elderly. (Author)

The purpose of the study was to examine the process and effectiveness of group counseling as a part of a training program conducted through a Labor Department grant. Members of the training group had better work attendance and less employee turnover than a comparable group not in the training program. (Author)

Given the high rate of alcoholism in the United States, the question is pursued regarding the existence of a personality type in which the individual is predisposed toward alcoholism. It is concluded that the alcoholic personality may be characterized by certain predisposing traits "triggered" by specific environmental stresses. (Author)

This article describes the procedures, rationale, and consequences of the steps employed in developing an inhouse instrument to measure achievement in a local career education project. The article attempts to enumerate, clarify, and justify in terms of accepted measurement principles the steps taken in developing an inhouse achievement test.…

Incoming freshmen experienced a summer planning conference designed to alter attitudes. Two semantic differential instruments were developed to measure change along twenty attitudinal scales. Results indicate attitudinal changes can be measured by the flexible and sensitive semantic differential type of instrument and a short program of…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether ninth-grade pupils making appropriate vocational choices attained higher scores on measures of vocational maturity than pupils making inappropriate vocational choices. Analyses of the results showed that the group making appropriate vocational choices attained significantly higher scores than the…

Despite evidence of female involvement in the leadership of the American Personnel and Guidance Association and its affiliates, little investigation of the unique backgrounds of these women has been made. Consequently this article contains an exploration of their personal, professional and educational backgrounds. (KRP)

Fathers' reactions to their wives' pregnancies and especially to the actual deliveries are discussed and three case histories are given to illustrate the gradual build up of tension as the father anticipates delivery which often culminates in crises at the time of delivery. Implications for counselor and educators are given. (Author)

This paper, presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Convention, New York, 1975, shows how suicide and simulated notes and forced-death documents were processed on the Harvard III Psycho-Sociological Dictionary. Frequencies of related words were generated and contrasted with each other. Results indicated suicidal groups were more…

A criterion composed of total scores from the Handal Fear of Death Scale and the Templer Death Anxiety Scale was predicated using scores from the Personal Experience Check List (a scale of past altered states experiences). Results are discussed as related to previous work with death anxiety. (Author)

The role of women in social work can be better understood through an examination of the profession's male minority. A survey reveals many male social workers experience conflicts between gender identity and occupational status. Such difficulties affect relationships with colleagues, clients, and the general community. (Author)

This study manipulated norms governing interaction levels in crowded groups of women. Results indicated norms influenced reactions to crowding as predicted. Women reacted most positively when interaction levels were high and most negatively when interaction levels were low. (Author)