Hypothesized that both major life events and daily hassles would be associated with anxiety and depression symptomatology. While the results partially support the hypothesis, the inconsistent findings suggest methodological flaws in each life stress measure. Reviews these limitations and presents the use of the semi-structured interview as one…

Utilizing individual data drawn from the Israel labor mobility survey and assigning workers to primary and secondary sectors on the basis of occupational prestige scores, earnings functions are estimated and compared for the two sectors. Results strongly suggest that the dual labor market hypothesis may be relevant for Israel. (Author/CT)

Developed and validated an instrument to assess high school students' attitudes toward college. Used the instrument to examine college attendance plans in a sample of disadvantaged students in two experiments. Results showed that students' attitudes toward college, as measured by the instrument, were manipulatable. (Author/BH)

Trends noted in four literary works discussing the future are discussed. Works include (1) "The People Puzzle" (Morris Massey); (2) "Megatrends" (John Naisbitt); (3) "The Third Wave" (Alvin Toffler); and (4) "A Vision" (William B. Yeats). (CJB)

Examined the structure of occupations based on judgments of similarity, compared this structure with those derived from subjects' (N=26) responses to interest inventories, and compared the circular and hierarchical models. Results indicated that a combination of the circular and hierarchical models is preferable to either model alone. (LLL)

The collection and analysis of survey data directed toward eliciting those characteristics of the institution, applicant, and applicant's family which affect the matriculation decision are reported. Ways in which the results may influence recruiting activities so that limited resources may yield more matriculants are provided. (Author/MLW)

Describes the methods used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to make occupational and economic projections and presents highlights of the forecast for 1995. (SK)

In this paper an effort is made to seek within John W. Atkinson's own thinking on achievement motivation a more parsimonious explanation of the assumed curvilinearity between motive strength and performance. (Author/RK)

Describes a study designed to determine the correlations between scores on a reading test and a self concept test and the persons admitted to and completing a program in nursing and those not completing the program. (TO)

First-year grade average was predicted from verbal and mathematical aptitude tests, standardized achievement tests in English, mathematics, and physics, and high school marks separately for males and females in order to study the sex differences in the predictability of academic achievement. The data came from five public universities over a…

The usefulness of certain psychological tests administered during infancy for the prediction of intelligence test performance during early childhood was the focus of this investigation. (Authors)