Compared the expectations and problem-solving skills of maltreating mothers (N=20) and matched comparisons (N=10) who completed the Child Development Questionnaire and the Parent Opinion Questionnaire. Results indicated both abusive and neglectful mothers showed significantly greater unrealistic expectations and poorer problem-solving skills than…

Examined the relationship between counseling expectancies and help seeking behavior in 236 students. Results revealed differences in the expectancies students had for seven campus help providers, and differences in tendencies to seek help from providers for personal and career problems. (JAC)

Examined the effects of negative and positive information on performance expectancies of 93 female and 97 male undergraduates. Before feedback, males stated higher expectancies and overestimated their performance more than females. After feedback consistent with subjects' ability, males continued to set higher goals and to overestimate their…

Tested accuracy of motivational theory of depression for adjustment disorder with depressed mood in 48 patients with terminal and nonterminal cancer. Results supported motivational theory: cancer patients exhibited low expectations and low values; hence, they were unmotivated and depressed. (NRB)

Investigated premarital decision-making among community college students. Results concluded that premarital decisions about the number of children to have is associated with certain characteristics of the rational-comprehensive thinker, but is also associated with non-normative childbearing expectations, whether they are above or below the popular…

Colleges and universities have not up held their end of the bargain with athletes, exploiting a disproportionate number of talented Black athletes by not providing the kind of education the students sought or needed and by applying rigid academic standards for eligibility. (MSE)

Reports on a short-term longitudinal study identifying preparenting behaviors and attitudes that predict different aspects of fathering: caretaking, playfulness, and satisfaction with fatherhood. The quality and nature of the marital relationship were found to be significantly related to all aspects of fathering. (BJD)

Focuses upon the nature of expectations that instructor and student bring to the criminal justice course. Examines the effect of the setting on expectations and obstacles to effective teaching in prisons. (JOW)

Argues that the problems of achieving educational excellence are more complex and difficult than envisioned by the National Commission on Excellence in Education. (RH)

After receiving varying combinations of positive and negative communications on reading achievement, classroom behavior, and learning style from a "resource teacher" on a 12-year-old boy identified as learning disabled, 129 classroom teachers completed the "Regular Educator Expectancy Scale-Revised." Results confirmed…

Compared the assumptions of 100 male and female employees about colleagues' views of their performance on a joint task. Results indicated women anticipated more blame for a joint failure, less credit for a joint success, and a work image of lesser effectiveness, regardless of the co-worker's sex. (JAC)

Administered a questionnaire on expected effects of alcohol to 150 college students. Results showed that subjects expected alcohol to affect other people more than themselves for both positive and negative effects. Moderate and heavy drinkers expected as much pleasure from alcohol as they expected others to receive. (Author/LLL)

In an attempt to extend the "nomological network" of the hopelessness dimension, this research examines the relationship between negative expectancies about the future and two theoretically relevant constructs: generalized expectancies for reinforcement, and depression. (Author/RK)

The purpose of this paper is to present results of the study conducted to explore students' expectations related to development of student interest in physics and physics lesson. The concept of interest is the affective description of this connection between person and objects. Even though interest is assumed to be important for its role in…

The study of linear functions is important as it provides students with their first experience of identifying and interpreting the relationship between two dependent variables. This paper, which builds on previous research, reports a study undertaken with 64 year 9 students from two Australian schools. Linear functions were introduced to these…