Discusses various techniques used in selecting residence hall staff including peer ratings, role playing, and the Leaderless Group Discussion. Use of personality inventories in selecting staff is reviewed. Conclusions consider the validity of these techniques. (RC)

Teacher evaluation of kindergarten children showed half lacked leadership ability and appeared to be followers. Many lacked initiative, intellectual curiosity, and the ability to take constructive criticism. Suggests schools have a responsibility to provide an environment free from deprivation of social values. Urges that internal self-discipline…

Research on the personality characteristics of undergraduates and mental patients identified as masculine, feminine, androgynous, or undifferentiated supported the hypothesis that sex role flexibility (androgyny) is positively related to mental health in women and indicated that relationships between sex role conformity and personality development…

Defines gender in a sociological context. Proposes need for a self-system to integrate diverse findings on socialization and social control and to do justice to diversity of individuals' psychological relationships with gender. Explores concepts of social power, status, and role relationships as keys to gender study. (RC)

Provides a theoretical and philosophical overview of humanistic psychology which emphasizes self-concept, self-fulfillment, and self-realization. Discusses the contributions of phenomenology, existential psychology, and the strengths of humanistic psychology. (JAC)

Looks at some of the social, psychological and emotional experiences of youths which make them vulnerable to recruitment into cults like the Unification Church. Stages of adolescent normative development which predominate are identity struggle, idealism, curiosity, and disillusionment. (JAC)

Reexamines the assumptions of the change grid regarding the channeling of masses of clients into change strategies programs. Penal organizations specifically select and place clients so that programs remain stable, rather than sequence programs to meet the needs of clients. (Author)

Volunteer workers over sixty-five were compared to retired elderly who did not engage in work activity. Volunteers had significantly higher degree of life satisfaction, stronger will to live, and fewer symptoms of depression, anxiety, and somatization. No differences were found on demographics or background. (Author)

Studied the relationship of vocational maturity with Holland's theory of vocational choice. Examined Holland's constructs of consistency, differentiation, and congruency, along with demographic factors of sex and age. Results showed congruency and age related significantly to vocational maturity. Significant differences occurred within both…

In a study of teacher trainees' personality characteristics related to pupil control, humanistically oriented educators tended to be emotionally stable, expedient, positive, imaginative, venturesome, relaxed and had high self-concepts. Authoritarian educators were more affected by feelings, conscientious, sober, practical, shy, reserved, tense and…

Presents an integrative interpersonal-intrapsychic model of dysfunctional marital conflict. Reviews research support for the model. Discusses the therapeutic applications of the model and illustrates with a clinical example. (Author)

Data from 87 high school students indicated significant differences between high and low psychoticism scorers on teacher appraisal, alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking, marijuana smoking, and sex of student; no significant differences were found between high and low psychoticism scorers on television viewing and residence with one or both…

Describes a computer assisted system for intake assessment. Reports on two experiments that compared the reliability of a diagnostic procedure that involves technicians, a structured interview schedule, and a computerized diagnostic program with diagnoses made by clinicians. Results show the computer assisted technician approach is as reliable as…

Analyzed the biographies of twenty acknowledged experts without formal training beyond high school in search of commonalities that might suggest ways people become effectively self-directed in learning and accomplishment. Patterns of education and personality characteristics are discussed. (Author/CC)

Stresses the need for increased understanding of the student's role in the classroom, suggesting that student traits must be considered in planning affective and academic education. (Author/CM)