Disturbed children ready for discharge from psychiatric hospital treatment were returned to the community with the assistance of a child welfare agency which selected appropriate foster homes. Foster parents were provided with intensive support, including ongoing psychiatric treatment for the child if needed. Differences in the various approaches…

Discusses semantic issues in defining emotions. Describes important constructs derived from major theories of emotionality. Examines social-psychological and biological changes associated with aging in the context of these theories. Reviews available data on emotionality and aging, describing experimental attempts at manipulating the emotional…

The role of play in educational programs for nonhandicapped learners is discussed along with the development of play behaviors and the potential of play activities for facilitating personality growth among the severely disabled. (JN)

Adolescents from one inner-city, two suburban, and one private school were tested using the Washington University Sentence Completion Test of Ego Development. Both test-retest correlations and change scores supported the hypothesized sequence of ego development. Significant correlation between ego level and intelligence occurred in two schools.…

Proposes that the internal locus of control and responsibility world view are most characteristic of western counseling approaches and assumptions. Cultural oppression occurs when this world view is blindly imposed upon the culturally different client. Implications of world views are discussed with respect to counseling in the United States.…

Undergraduates in study-skills course were classified by comparing actual with predicted grade point averages. Multivariate analyses of variance supported predicted precourse differences, but pattern of differences was not same for students of different personality types and academic achievement levels. Overall effectiveness of course was…

People who made voluntary, radical occupational changes in mid-career were interviewed and compared with people remaining in matched occupations. Obstacles to change were mostly financial. Personal beliefs about control one has over life and one's ability to succeed in new areas determine whether obstacles deter change. (Author/BEF)

Case studies of first graders' approaches to learning reading and writing show that individual attack style is persistent regardless of teaching method and is related to personality and possibly physiology. (DD)

A study on the reasons given by college and high school women for not having premarital sexual intercourse found that the most common reasons included: (1) not having met the right person; (2) not feeling ready; and (3) moral or religious beliefs. (JN)

Participants in two studies were asked to rate the importance of favorite leisure activities in relation to their work. Six dimensions were found in both studies: (1) physical challenge; (2) mental challenge; (3) sensuality; (4) risk; (5) autonomy vs. sociability; and (6) stimulation. (JN)

Assesses characteristics of counselor trainees preparing to work with deaf persons. Entry level characteristics of males and females, normal hearing and hearing- impaired trainees, differed. Trainees completing the program were similar to those who did not. Normal hearing students seemed to adopt personality traits of their deaf peers. (Author)

Examines attempts to employ personality inventories in the identification of college students for leadership positions which have traditionally been unsuccessful. In this study, the Leadership Opinion Questionnaire was administered to college leaders and nonleaders. Results suggest its potential usefulness in the selection and training of students…

A study of college students showed those who consider themselves religious have higher locus of control and low alienation. These positive mental health factors may assist counselors in helping clients be aware of their own inner resources by tapping both psychological and theological aspects. (JAC)

Examined relationships between experiencing role conflict and ambiguity and four individual and interpersonal variables. Results suggest that the underlying equations regarding the influence of individual and interpersonal variables on role perceptions vary in different job categories. Task characteristics are offered as plausible reasons for…

Contributes to the normative data pool for the Leary Interpersonal Checklist by presenting scores for 246 female and 228 male college students. These data include standard scores for DOM and LOV (dominance and love, loosely) as subjects rated self, mother, father, and ideal. (Author)