The author contends that the sexual revolution" is not yet with us. He notes that the findings stress that the majority of normal adolescent subjects move slowly in the direction of heterosexuality. (Author)

The Sensation Seeking Scale was given to felons, juvenile delinquents, and adult mentally ill. Among the findings were: age was negatively correlated for both sexes; mentally ill females were significantly different from felons and from juvenile delinquents; and the personality picture corresponded well with expectations from studies with normals.…

The study results revealed a typical KTSA symbol pattern" for the criminals supporting the usefulness of the test for discriminative purposes. The outstanding features observed for the criminal group were a predominance of repetitive tendency and a concrete mode of thinking. A possible interpretation of the findings was offered. (Author)

Thirty items designed to measure behavior in the six areas described by Jahoda as comprising positive mental health were administered. The data contraindicate the hypothesis that positive mental health is a unitary factor. (Author)

This study investigates schizophrenics' ability to utilize input organization and auditory cues for recall. The findings suggest that schizophrenics do utilize the cues of input organization and vocalization for recall, but the process of responding seems to engender excessive output interference which makes retrieval of late input items…

New items were written for the sensation seeking scale in an attempt to develop new scales representative of hypothesized dimensions of sensation seeking. Four new factors were thrill and adventure seeking, experience seeking, disinhibition and boredom susceptibility which was retained as a subscale for males only. (Author/CG)

A significant interaction of WAIS subtests with diagnosis and a statistically reliable interaction of Halstead Battery subtests with diagnosis and age showed differences between chronic schizophrenics and Ss with nonlateralized brain damage in intellectual deficit patterns. These results suggested differing intellectual deficit patterns in chronic…

The author suggests that human beings could eliminate their usual feelings of disturbance and upsetness and retain their appropriate feelings of disappointment and annoyance if they stop demanding and awfulizing" reality and dictating that it be other than it indubitably is. (Author/CG)

Author examines change in social attitudes, not so much toward engaging in deviant sex practices as in accepting them. He feels that while such practices between consenting adults, performed in private, should not be subject to legal scrutiny, neither should they be institutionalized lest they further destroy the concept of family. Presented at…

This study reflects the findings of previous studies as reported in the literature. This paper establishes a signi6931nt 496f5r5nce between males and females as to reasons for smoking. Males start because their parents smoke or their siblings smoke. That which most effectively deters them is a concern for health. Females are more open to…

Based on the data, young adults regardless of college attended seem to change more in the social area than any other area and they change in the direction of becoming more gregarious. Least change occurs in the degree of traditional beliefs, conformity, domestic habits, and fiscal policies engaged in by young adults. The major conclusion is that…