An instrument for assessing coping style in emotionally disturbed children and adolescents is described, and intervention strategies for use once the coping style has been identified are reviewed. The "Assessment of Coping Style" instrument consists of drawings of persons interacting in various settings through which the subject can express his…

The reliability of measures of need for achievement can be improved by increasing the number of items and by using different scoring systems and stimulus materials. (MLP)

The validity of the Hand Test as a predictor of aggressive acting-out behavior in preadolescents is assessed. (MLP)

Concludes that individuals can consciously introduce false projections while inhibiting true projections, thus affecting the theory of projection and the use of projective techniques for personality assessment. Since projective responses are subject to conscious control and distortion they are not reliable. (Author/EK)

The Kilmann Insight Test is a measure of the interpersonal value constructs. That is how the individual perceives and interprets the desirable and undesirable features of interpersonal behavior. The validity of the test is investigated by explaining its relationship to a self-report measure assessing similar values. (DEP)

This projective exploratory study in responses by racially prejudiced and non-prejudiced individuals to samples of black speech, which was designed as a means of uncovering trends, resulted in some conclusions "made with some degree of assurance": (1) The Southern students participating in the study were significantly more prejudiced than the…

Used trends in proportion of children with working mothers and trends in numbers of children to project proportion of children with employed mothers in 1990 and 1995, by age of child. Profiles distribution of children in nonparental care, examining trends since 1965. Discusses supply of child care and trends in supply. Examines future supply and…

Explored the relationships between chronological age, year of measurement, cohort membership, education, and perception of horizontal peerships versus vertical different status associations in 1,428 adults in a 1957 study and a replication in 1976. Data from a thematic apperception procedure showed significant age changes in interpersonal…

From a sample of 51 male college students prospective span (PS) in TAT stories was related to two cognitive tasks requiring anticipation, Mazes Test and Seeing Deficiencies Test, but unrelated to Vocabulary and Information subtests of WAIS. PS was negatively related to academic grades. Reprints available from author, Department of Psychology,…

Hypothesizing that signature size is related to status, signatures of undergraduates, blue collar workers, and professors were compared and found to be ranked in the above order. Further, case studies of professors revealed a 50 percent increase in size of signature from several months prior to attainment of the Ph. D. to four years afterward. (DB)

A description of a diagnostic-therapeutic projective technique that can be employed in the classroom" to determine a student's emotional reaction to each of his subjects." (Author/AA)

This study investigated the hypothesis that primary process expression on Gottshalk's Five Minute Verbalization Task would be more representative of clinical status in schizophrenia than primary process expression on the Rorschach. Subjects were 21 males and 15 females, ages 19-41 years, newly admitted to the hospital and treated with…

Acquisition of verbal behavior is a major goal of interventions for children with developmental disabilities. We evaluated the effectiveness of manipulation of an establishing operation for functional discriminated mands. Four individuals with developmental disabilities participated in a training procedure designed to teach two separate mands for…

To explore the issue of prejudice against male participation in child care professions, a study was conducted with 13 female students in the process of completing 2-year associate degrees in child care. Subjects responded to a projective measure on which they were asked to inspect a list of nine personal "deficiencies" and rate, on a…

Examines the effect of exposure length of stimulus and the possible effects upon response. Results suggested that TAT pictures become less pleasant with continued exposures. (DEP)