Evaluated the personal adjustment of counseling center clients (N=60) whose highest Sc scale score on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) was over 70. Results supported a continued need to delineate more precisely the significance of elevated MMPI scores for nonpsychiatric populations. (LLL)

Compared pre- and posttreatment Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory profiles of female inpatients (N=12) with anorexia nervosa. Results showed change after treatment, and found that pretreatment profiles obtained at a different hospital were remarkably similar, which suggests a common constellation of personality characteristics in…

Used the Clark-Trow subculture model to examine the types of students using university counseling centers. Clients were more likely to be academic and less likely to be vocational on the Clark-Trow subculture model. Nonconformists had more sessions. There were no differences in services sought by type. (Author/BH)

Discusses the importance of physical attractiveness from an anthropological perspective, and examines its role in counseling research and practice. (BH)

Illustrates the ways in which clients in career counseling think about the types of change in their career lives and about the determinants of change. Analyzes interview data of 16 adult clients. Proposes two category systems as representative of the clients' thinking about change in these domains. (Author)

Replicates initial research on Spanish version of Client Satisfaction Scale with 32 Hispanic (14 completing Spanish version) and 43 non-Hispanic mental health agency clients. Examines results of 20 items added to scale. Reports findings consistent with previous research. (NEC)

Investigated patterns of stresses in psychotherapeutic work among licensed psychologists. Results revealed that the stressful aspects of therapeutic work include maintaining the therapeutic relationship, scheduling difficulties, professional doubt, work overinvolvement, and feeling personally depleted. Stressful patient behaviors clustered into…

Investigated the effects of therapists' and patients' religious affiliation on therapists' attraction to, prognostic expectations of, and diagnosis of the patients. Results yielded no differences in therapists' attraction to or diagnosis of the religious versus nonreligious patient. The religious patient was seen as requiring fewer therapy…

Discusses the particular problems social workers face when working with involuntary clients. Suggests that social conflict perspective, which assumes a conflict of interest between clients and their social environment, is more congruent with clients' perceptions of reality. (JAC)

Describes the Expectations About Counseling (EAC) questionnaire, a promising instrument that may help standardize research on expectations. Used the EAC to compare expectations of student nonclients, student clients, and nonstudent clients (N=78). No statistically significant differences were found among the groups. (BH)

Presents an analytical model for differentiating true clients from applicants in clinical social work practice. Society and the professions, and individuals and primary groups are discussed as structural determinants of clienthood. Social work practice is described as consisting of two major divisions: socialization and treatment. (NRB)

Presents an urban neighborhood network barter model which can facilitate service delivery to the elderly and offers recommendations for implementing a similar program. Community outreach, good publicity, and a successful conference were key factors in producing a greater sense of cohesiveness within the community. (JAC)

Examined demographic characteristics of 119 mothers participating in a government work incentive program, and identified characteristics predicting successful employment. Total past employment and total months on longest job were associated with becoming employed, suggesting that programs designed to increase work experience may be valuable as…

Multiple funding creates special management problems for the administrator of a human service agency. This article presents a useful analytic technique adapted from business practice that can help the administrator draw up and balance a unified budget. Such a budget also affords reliable overview of the agency's financial status. (Author)

During this hearing, the Committee heard testimony on the issue of juvenile violence. Juvenile violence is a problem nationally of epidemic proportion, a very, very serious problem in the city of Philadelphia and in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In the first five months of this year there has been an enormous increase in juvenile violence with…