An impact method for achieving organizational consensus was used in specifying research and development project selection criteria at four different organizations. The method consists of the repeated use of a paired comparison instrument along with group discussions and member interactions. The method may be generally useful for disclosing hidden…

Males and females from community and university samples were assigned to two self-management treatments, nonspecific, or no-treatment controls. At six month follow-up, differences were not significant. Results are discussed in terms of conceptualizations of self-management and the utility of treatments employed. (Author)

This study examined hypotheses about the determinants of global ratings of marital satisfaction, the role of reciprocity in marital interaction, and the influence of external experiences on the marital relationship. The results are discussed with reference to previous marital research and with regard to their implications for martial therapy.…

Using Rotter's (1966) I-E scale, data were gathered on 204 college students. The findings not only contradict the sterotype that Mexican-Americans are fatalistic and controlled by external forces but they seem to suggest that their culture actually contributes to a greater perception of internal control. (Author)

This article discusses how ethnicity can be incorporated into growth groups. The use of interaction facilitation techniques is discussed. (Author/EK)

This project was a three-year study to demonstrate an effective way of providing rehabilitation services to deprived and disabled people living in the Model Cities area of Baltimore. Results of analysis of the data lent support to the perceived roles of the rehabilitation aides in terms of their effectiveness in the rehabilitation process.…

IQ tests were viewed solely as predictors in this investigation. The results revealed equal but very low within-ethnic-group correlations between IQ and achievement measures administered concurrently prior to desegregation and for tests administered one and two years following desegregation. (Author)

The major finding of the study was that both male and female students, regardless of their locus of control, gained more on the achievement measure under internal teachers than under external teachers. (Author)

Discriminant analyses techniques were applied to freshmen California Psychological Inventory (CPI) and Holland Vocational Interest Inventory (VPI) data for 914 male students and were used to predict curricular membership after two years of university education. (Author)

Hypotheses tested were concerned with the psychological orderliness of occupational changes, the relationship between occupational experiences and aspirations, and the relationship between consistent occupational codes and the stability of work histories. The analyses supported the usefulness of the occupational classification for organizing the…

This study considers using the Inventory of Religious Activities of Interests and the extensive data for men associated therewith in the counseling of women who may be interested in entering occupations related to the Protestant Church. The Inventory differentiates among subgroups of men more effectively than it does among women. (Author)

The results showed that while college students have strong differences in their preferences, these differences are not stereotypically male or female. Overall, both male and female college students are primarily looking for jobs in which they can learn, accomplish something worthwhile, and work with friendly and congenial co-workers. (Author)

Subjects who value such job characteristics as "getting a felling of accomplishment, fair company policies, trying out their own ideas, doing work without feeling it is morally wrong, making their own decisions, (and) planning work with little supervision" tend to have higher aspirations and expectations, but lower goal deflection. (Author)

The purpose of this article is to report how a guidance consultant was able to model the use of the encouragement process plus immediate corrective feedback to help one boy improve his arithmetic achievement and attending behavior in the classroom. (Author)

Data gathered in interviews indicated that 29percent of the males and 18percent of the females were currently cohabiting. Family characteristics examined failed to differentiate between cohabiters and noncohabiters. Personal characteristics which tended to distinguish the two groups were in the areas of religion, life style, and drug use. (Author)