Subjects (N=240) participated in brief encounter group experiences that varied the amount of physical contact in the structured exercises. These included no-touch, moderate-touch, and high-touch conditions. Results on the scales were consistent with behavioral data in showing the positive effects of increased physical contact. (Author)

Subjects listened to a taped therapy interview while the client asserted her situation caused her problems and were told either that the client was chronic or being seen for the first time. Experimental subjects assumed the role of either the counselor or the client. Implications are drawn for the diagnostic process. (Author)

The paper reports research on the effects of patient's case history on the psychiatrist's evaluation of patient symptoms. The hypothesis that case histories indicating mental illness would lead to greater emphasis on present symptoms indicating mental illness was not confirmed. (NG)

A study of matched groups of college women shows that women in coresidential settings have higher self-esteem, less stereotyped conceptions of sex roles, and better relationships with men and women. (Author)

Several trends are noted which may lead future cohorts of older persons to belong to voluntary associations to a greater extent than current cohorts. This study presents detailed age profiles of membership in 16 types of associations. Various patterns of age differences in belonging to associations are identified and discussed. (Author)

The increasing extent of interracial marriage between three racial groups. White, Negro, and Other Races, and the variations from state to state, is examined by using sample marriage record data from the U.S. Marriage Registration Area for the years 1963-1970. (Author)

The presence or absence of differences between husbands and wives in patterns of relationship between economic variables and desired family size may indicate: (a) whether conjugal roles condition the effects of economic factors on the demand for children; and (b) the extent to which assumptions in economic models of fertility are supported.…

The expectations of the behavior of members of the opposite sex in a dating situation were examined. The findings showed disharmony in the expectations of adolescents with mutuality being achieved by early adulthood through a shift in the expectations of the female towards the psychobiological expectations of the male. (Author)

In a study in Puerto Rico, Hill, Stycos, and Back (1959) reported that the egalitarian, "modern" family facilitated contraceptive use in societies undergoing rapid social change. An examination of data from Turkey suggests that their "model" does not explain very much of the variation in contraceptive behavior in Turkey. (Author)

The goodness of fit of a first-order Markov chain model to six counseling interviews was assessed by using chi-square tests of homogeneity and simulating sampling distributions of selected process characteristics against which the same characteristics in the actual interviews were compared. The model fit four of the interviews. Presented at AERA,…

The effects of a serious disability on the housing and living arrangements of people over 60 years of age and their families are analyzed. Roughly half of all respondents indicate that housing changes are considered as a result of disability. (Author)

Explores the possibility that well-being of older persons may be related to membership only in certain types of associations. Among 16 types of voluntary associations in one analysis and 17 types in another, membership in church-affiliated groups alone emerges as a significant, but weak predictor of life satisfaction. (Author)

Analysis of MMPI test differences between 120 aged inmates (age 60 and above) and a representative population sample of 2,551 male inmates revealed that the mean test profiles of both groups were indicative of a behavior disorder, with aged inmates presenting more neurotic and less psychopathic responses.

Biographic data from the 1958 and 1973 APA membership directories provide information on the status of professional couples in psychology. The "professional couple syndrome" is examined as well as myths surrounding explanations of the greater success of husbands. Husbands hold higher positions than their wives. (Author)

The present paper describes an alternate response to the problem of juvenile status offenders (JSO). The intervention is based on a psychological conception of the problem rather than a legal one. Specifically, family therapy is the core of the intervention strategy. An evaluation of this program is reported. (Author)