Uses factor analysis to determine structure of problem behavior as perceived by mothers and teachers, and to determine similarity among problem behaviors of disabled children, children in regular classes and distrubed or delinquent children. (Author)

Study of 562 high school and junior high school students yielded that smokers were lower on measures of "Agreeableness and "Strength of Character, and were higher on measures of "Extraversion than nonsmokers. Supports use of findings in developing antismoking educational campaigns aimed at preadults. Reprints available from author, Department…

Study results indicate that individuals distinctly prefer one kind of arrangement over other alternatives and that group members interact in such a way that identifiable differences among participant groups are noticeable. (Author)

Presents an analysis of the counseling interview derived from the study of television recordings. Suggests that the basic elements of the counseling process (attending, island, and hiatus behavior) are no different than basic elements of human interaction processes. (Author)

Clinical and experimental data are cited to show that not expressing anger can also have maladaptive consequences: poisoning" of relationships, psychosomatic disorders, and impairment of cognitive functions. The article by Berkowitz is critically analyzed. (Author/EK)

In spite of their relatively liberal sexual behavior, considerable evidence was found among men and women alike for the existence of a strong double standard. Males felt their friends approved of premarital intercourse. Females' liberal behavior occurred in a setting where she perceived little support for such behavior. (Author)

Utilizing structured laboratory situation and intervention approach, role playing children were trained to behave differently in each of these situations in an effort to determine possible effects upon the mothers. Differences in mothers' reinforcing behavior and teaching style were noted in response to the children's changing behaviors. (Authors)

Based on a Ph.D. dissertation (university of Oklahoma Medical Center, Oklahoma City). (JJ)

Findings are interpreted in terms of search strategy and memory. (Authors)

Despite its unusual potential, both educational and social, it seems that Sesame Street may be exposing children to unnecessary aggression...(which) often goes unpunished and, occasionally, is actively rewarded." (Author)

Results of the category frequencies indicate that both counselors in practice and counselors in training prefer to respond to client problems in a manner that allows them to maintain a counseling relationship with the client and to leave the taking of action up to the clients or other persons. (Author)