Objectives of this study were to explore factorial dimensionality of 42 attitudinal items designed to measure attitudes concerning old people, and to compare these factor structures in two groups. Respondents were divided into a younger group (370 participants aged 30-65) and an older group (337 participants aged 70-75). (Author)

A sample of 165 group leaders in the Metropolitan Toronto area was interviewed using a questionnaire designed to explore the correspondence between current group counselling and what the research literature suggests. Responses were discussed under four headings: pretherapy considerations, group leader orientation, outcome evaluation and, size and…

Secondary school principals are significant determiners of counsellor role. Principals' expectations of secondary school counsellors include administrative support, information source, effective relationships and delivery of guidance services. It is crucial that principals, counsellors and teachers understand their respective roles through…

The plight of minority aged has been characterized as one of double jeopardy. Other research has indicated that gaps between minority and majority individuals decline with age. To test these competing hypotheses, a series of health, income, life satisfaction, and social participation variables was examined with data from a large sample. (Author)

Using the PGC and LSI indices of adjustment to old age, an empirical typology of adjustors was developed. Cluster analysis was employed to locate three male types of adjustors: Low adjustors, Acceptors, and Fighters, and two female types: Low adjustors and Moderate adjustors. These findings were compared to previous typologies. (Author)

People who have less prior knowledge of others in a group give more personal information. In dyads low-prior knowers give and receive more personal statements than high-prior knowers. Therapists can support confiding personal information about his/her self. (MFD)

This model deals with change in student's self-concept over a period of instruction in communication intervention. No consistent evidence was found that communication intervention had impact on changing one's self-concept. Self-awareness should be taught as a separate course from communication. (MFD)

This study begins a systematic description of contemporary graduate training in counseling and clinical psychology, first by seeking major dimensions of training, then by comparing the two specialties on those dimensions. A second aim was to generate a set of objectives and competencies as a step toward standardization of evaluation. (Author/JEL)

Explores impact of management by objectives (MBO) on the perceived managerial effectiveness of community college student personnel departments. Although there were no significant differences between the samples, a substudy that investigated four student personnel functional areas did find some significant differences. (Author)

Effects of the Transcendental Meditation program in a maximum security prison were studied via cross-validation design. Meditation and control groups indicated reduction in anxiety, neuroticism, hostility, and insomnia as a function of the treatment. (Author)

This research explores the relationships between the cognitive variables, as measured by Piagetian tests and standard Raven Matrices, and Witkin's Field-dependence/independence dimension, (FD/FID). The association between sex, social class, and personality variables with the Witkin's dimension is also investigated. (Author)

The Eysenck Junior P.I. questionnaire was administered to groups of institutionalized and non-institutionalized delinquents and to non-delinquents. Items were analyzed to determine their effectiveness in predicting group membership. Comments by H.J. Eysenck are also presented. (Author/BP)

Reactions of observers, classified as either high or low in self-disclosure flexibility, to high and low behavioral samples of self-disclosure to a stranger were examined. Results suggest self-disclosure flexibility reflects perceptual awareness of social-situational norms governing the appropriateness of self-disclosing behavior. (Author)

A summary of the NASPA cost study and an analysis of the data collection instrument is provided. (Author)

An experimental study that evaluated an innovative approach to job placement is presented. Rehabilitation clients in the experimental group were taught job-seeking behaviors on an individual and self-help basis. The percentage of the experimental group who obtained jobs was much higher than control groups. (Author)