This study attempted to refine the assessment of the effectance of four-year-old children through observation of their play. Two scales were developed; the first scale defined organization, involvement, and interpersonal responsiveness in play while the second operationally defined psychosexual content of play. The results confirmed the validity…

Student ratings of college teaching from peer ratings of 20 personality traits showed students respond best to a teacher who is friendly, fair, and flexible, if he has definite goals and can take the initiative in class. (Author/JR)

Awareness of the role which personal characteristics play in career selection means that industrial arts teachers should select teaching methods which will help students to relate "self" to various modes of operations associated with kinds of careers. Super's eight career clusters, relating personality characteristics to career selection are…

Although it has been estimated that 28,000,000 Americans may be children of alcoholics, these individuals have only recently been given serious attention by researchers and clinicians. Empirical studies pertaining to the effects of having alcoholic parents were reviewed and several clusters of characteristics were derived from the findings: (1)…

This document contains teacher's materials for seventh- and eighth-grade courses in exploratory homemaking in Louisiana. The seventh-grade course materials are on instructional units called orientation, assuming responsibility, care of the elderly, child care and development, clothing and textiles, consumer awareness, food and nutrition, home…

Different occupational groups tend to have different personality types and general value patterns but little empirical evidence is available on work values. This study compared the work values of different groups of preservice teachers with inservice teachers on two work values scales, the Work Values Inventory (WVI) and the Values Scale (VS).…

Recently, research has examined interpersonal factors that influence the maintenance of depression. Data suggest that depressives tend to alienate others in their social environment. This study examined rejection effects following repeated exposure to a stranger whose depressive symptomatology increased, decreased, or remained unchanged. Female…

A sample of 467 college freshmen attending a comprehensive, medium size, public institution on the mid-Atlantic coast was studied to examine the relationship between the development of identity and the development of cognition in traditional college freshmen. The sample was predominantly white (88.3%) and of the total number, 51 percent were male…

The validity of the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-Revised (PDQ-R) was examined. The PDQ-R and the Crowne-Marlowe Social Desirability Scale (SD) were administered in the spring of 1989 to 45 undergraduates (26 females and 19 males) at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania. One month later, the Hopkins Symptom Check List (SCL-90) was…

This report begins by providing two case examples of closed head injuries in families. Closed head injuries or traumatic brain injuries are briefly defined and it is noted that brain injury can cause socialization problems, personality changes, and confusion. It is suggested that families that have an individual member with a closed head injury…

Past research has produced conflicting results concerning the manner in which Type As and Bs make attributions following success and failure. Some studies find that Type As are more likely than Type Bs to blame themselves for all outcomes, particularly failure. Other research indicates that Type As are more self-serving in their post-performance…

The term "ipsative" refers to measurement based on intra-individual comparisons. The research literature in the social sciences contains many cautions about using ipsative data in multivariate analysis. The purpose of this paper is to identify the problems associated with the multivariate and regression analyses of ipsative data and to…

This paper discusses the role of family variables in the development of schizophrenia. Other theories regarding the etiology of schizophrenia are summarized to show the complexity of the problem. Both biological and psychosocial factors are discussed. The review of current developments is organized around three family characteristics that have…

This study focuses on identifying factors that contribute to variation in maternal childrearing practices. Of particular interest were parenting practices related to cognitive outcomes during infancy and the early childhood period. It was hypothesized that parenting behavior is multiply determined and that three of the determinants are…

Four major formulations of the relationship between sex role orientation and successful adaptation have found support in the literature: a traditional sex role, androgyny, masculinity, and androgyny for females. The adaptive implications of sex role orientation were examined on constructs reflecting intrapersonal functioning, i.e., ego identity…