The Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF) was used to determine retest reliability (7-day interval) and motivational distortion for a sample of narcotic addicts (N=141) legally committed to treatment and tested by staff for routine diagnostic purposes. (Author)

Styles (N=5) of clinical supervision were identified. Data collected from 164 clinical staff members working in 22 different community mental health programs suggested that staff prefer the didactic-consultative, insight-oriented, and feelings-oriented styles over laissez faire and authoritative. (Author)

Studies the application of the monotonic criterion, i.e., career development proceeds in a continuous pattern. Systematic increases in scores on the Career Development Inventory are shown by high school students, but not by college students. Findings and related theory support discontinuity of career development process after high school. (DOW)

This paper presents and tests a model of career commitment in the young adult years that predicts membership in ROTC and the strength of the individual's commitment to a military career. Many of the specific findings, may be generalizable to other types of careers. (Author)

The standard form Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and two abbreviated forms were compared with direct measures of psychopathology obtained from the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS). The multiple correlation coefficients between the BPRS ratings and the corresponding MMPI and abbreviated-form scales were significantly high…

After being given either achievement-orienting or neutral instructions, subjects waited for an undesignated period of time and then performed an intellective task. Evidence is presented supporting the hypothesis that highly anxious persons under stress experience cognitive interference and preoccupation that makes time pass slowly and results in…

From a population of 20 children, the treatment group received six sessions of verbal self-instructions via modeling with response-cost contingent upon efforts during training, and controls received similar training without specific treatment. Two self-report measures and teacher and staff ratings of locus of conflict did not show treatment…

Subjects were given sets based on varying levels of social class to determine susceptibility of Internal-External Locus of Control Scale (I-E) scores to situationally induced frames of reference. College students (N=90) took the I-E scale twice. Present results are that the I-E scale may be subject to faking. (Author)

Studied the role of therapist acceptance of patient values, patient acceptance of therapist values, and value persuasion on outcome among 13 psychotherapy dyads. A strong relationship was found between the patients' acquisition of their therapists' values and their ratings of improvement. (Author)

Investigated effect of a person's physical attractiveness on a therapist's initial judgment of that person's self-concept. Videotapes and audiotapes were made of interviews with attractive and unattractive males and females. Physically attractive persons of both sexes were rated as having better self-concepts than unattractive persons. (Author)

A factor analysis was performed on the 24 domains of the AAMD (American Association on Mental Deficiency) Adaptive Behavior Scale using a sample of 217 adult retarded workshop clients. (Author)

Investigated in a series of experiments with 40 adults (20- to 70-years-old) having bilateral sensorineural hearing impairments was the test-retest reliability of the comfort level method for setting the acoustic gain of hearing aids, and the relationship between the comfort settings utilized in more realistic daily listening situations.…

The role of Research Triangle Institute in North Carolina, described as the nation's largest and perhaps most prestigious research facility, is discussed. Activities in economic, scientific, sociological, and intellectual research are reviewed, along with the scholarly ambiance of the area and the impact of the new National Humanities Center to…

Differences in ratings of initial expectancy of success, perceived scholastic ability, and causal attributions were assessed for male and female high school students for a simulated academic test. As predicted, higher expectancies were found for high performance achievers and nontraditional females. (Author)

Self-concept and adjustment data from anatomical males seeking sexual reassignment surgery were compared with that from a male homosexual group. Findings indicated that the homosexual group had a better self-image and was better adjusted than the sex change group. (Author)