Replicated within a field setting, a portion of previous findings dealing with negative impacts of situational constraints on worker performance. The presence of inhibiting constraints was associated with higher employee frustration and lower satisfaction scores. (Author/RC)

States the hypothesis that a second language learner's motives for choosing a particular language for study are rooted in the depths of one's personality and that there is an effective relationship between the learner and the language being studied. Outlines the consequences for teaching methods of development of this hypothesis. (AMH)

Suggests that inappropriate book selections, the book report/test syndrome, and ineffective assignments turn students off to reading. Recommends alternative English classroom techniques (reading groups, oral and dramatic activities, writing, and media) to encourage students' enjoyment and appreciation of literature. (SJL)

Interviewed persons (N=36) who had been close to death as a result of a suicide attempt to determine whether such persons report near-death experiences. Half related such experiences; these were more common for men. Found three patterns in suicide-related, near-death experiences. (Author/JAC)

Predicted interpersonal attraction to the novel stimulus by assessing the affective properties of stimulus descriptions. One group responded to characterizations on scales of concern. In another group, positive feelings and high concern about the stimulus led to greatest attraction. Results illustrate the benefits of prediction of the liking…

An experience in values clarification about euthanasia is described. (PBS)

Female subjects presented two crisis roles, abortion and suicide, to female counselor-experimenters. The behavioral style elicited more alternative-related and future-tense statements and fewer coping statements than the affective style. The abortion role produced more alternative-related and future-tense statements and fewer precipitating events…

Examined sex and situational factors of subject role, type of feeling, and sex of best friend in relation to affective self-disclosure and self-reported anxiety of undergraduates. Interactions revealed affective self-disclosure is sex-linked and situation specific, with females initiating positive feelings to same-sex best friends being most…

Summarizes affective education programs and evaluations of effectiveness of these programs. Specific objectives of curricula cluster into three areas--internal-emotional, cognitive, and overt-behavioral. Results indicate that programs produce measurable outcomes in all areas, although evidence of effects is less impressive in the…

Studied males initially angered or not angered by an experimental accomplice. Later shocks were administered to the same accomplice. Subjects were told the shocks would interfere with learning and cause pain or were given no information. Results show angered men receiving hurt instructions and high-victim-pain feedback were most aggressive.…

Examines peer group support among Soviet day care children. Fifty-six boys and 59 girls (16 to 37 months of age) from a Moscow nursery school were observed with or without a stranger present in one of three conditions: with a familiar peer, with an unfamiliar peer, or with no peer. (CM)

The study investigated the effects of two psychological education programs (Developing Understanding of Self and Others--DUSO, and Human Development Program--HDP or Magic Circle) on the affective growth of 42 visually impaired children in grades kindergarten through 3. (Author/SBH)

Effects of conceptual level and degree of supervisory structure on training in reflection of feeling were investigated. Self-report measures supported predictions for low conceptual level participants; behavioral measures yielded minimal support. Supervised trainees improved minimally on quantitative dimensions and significantly on qualitative…

Instances of conversational disruption caused by a clanger, or interactionally aggressive utterance, which disrupts the expected relationship of verbal moves in conversation are examined at the phonological, lexical and syntactic levels. Speakers use clangers to redefine the relationship between the participants in the interpersonal domains of…

High school students were randomly assigned to one of four experimental conditions to assess affective benefits of using cooperative and group goal structures on problem-solving tasks. Results showed that students who worked in groups performed better and expressed greater certainty and enjoyment of tasks than students who worked alone. (Author/RD)