Addresses issue of socialization of the young for participation in society by viewing the family as a micro-society. Congruence between family themes and societally shared meanings is considered, utilizing ideas from the social construction of reality theories of Berger and Luckmann (1966). Three ideal-types of family themes are developed relative…

In rural and urban samples of marital couples, a significant interaction effect between quantity of self-disclosure and quality of self-disclosure was found. Especially for wives, combinations of low quantity and low quality were found to be extremely detrimental for marital satisfaction. (Author/BL)

Several concepts related to single and multiple score profile(s) common in career counseling are discussed. An alternative measure, based on the similarity between profiles, is proposed as a measure of congruence and coherence. The proposed measure takes into account the structure of interests and the structure of occupations. (Author/BL)

Examines the hypothesis that degree of match or congruence between behavioral characteristics of infants and their families may significantly influence the nature of their interactions and the success of their mutual adaptation. Conducted a cross-sectional study on infant-family congruence on the degree of rhythmicity (predictable regularity in…

Determines some of the reasons for developmental differences in retrieval variability. The critical manipulation involved the use of semantic orienting questions at both acquisition and retrieval; elementary school children (7 and 10 years of age) and adults participated. (Author/CI)

Examines couple complementarity and similarity, and their relationship to dyadic adjustment, from three perspectives: social/psychological research, clinical populations research, and the observations of family therapists. Methodological criticisms are discussed suggesting that the evidence for a relationship between similarity and…

Knowledge workers are the critical mass of people throughout an organization who hold the mental models of how and why things are done as they are as well as how and why to change them. Given that the retention of these workers is a key concern to organizations in every industry, what can be done about worker retention? This paper presents a…

Counselor client congruence does produce significant change in the cognitive area as measured by the Evaluative dimension of the Semantic Differential. However, this change is not necessarily accompanied by commensurate change in noncognitive adjustment as measured by the Dymond Adjustment Index. (Author)

Seven- and ten-year-olds listened to taped stories. In one version, familiar television characters were described as having attributes incongruous with those the children knew from television. Three weeks later, children's recall of the stories indicated considerable shifts in memory toward their preexperimental knowledge of the TV characters.…

Examined variables (social background, intake symptoms, program type, treatment experiences, and perceptions of environment) related to posttreatment functioning of alcoholic patients. Results showed the combined explanatory power of program-related variables was more than expected. Explained variance was shared between patient-related and…

A survey of 42 nontraditional adult students in evening/weekend classes showed that employed adults in the process of career change move toward greater congruence. Job satisfaction was significantly correlated with congruence. (SK)

Evaluated role expectancies in essential nursing services of nursing home professional and relatives of residents. Although findings revealed significant agreement between groups, areas existed where families deemed themselves responsible for task but staff expectations were incongruent. Provides analysis of this process and discusses steps to…

Examined extent to which supervisory phone-ins were related to change in both immediate therapist behaviors and subsequent change in the resistant behaviors of client family members. Findings from 12 supervisors, 44 trainees, and trainees' clients revealed that quality of supervisors' Support-and-Teach behaviors was significantly related to change…

Presents development of Holland's congruence theory in four layers: (1) vocational interest and occupational choices as dichotomy of fit/nonfit; (2) level of congruence between vocational interests and occupational choices; (3) environmental congruence; and (4) within-occupation congruence. Suggests integrative interpretation for variance found in…

Examined hypothesis that relationship between congruent specialty choice within occupations and satisfaction exceeds relationship between congruent occupational choice and satisfaction. Responses from 324 engineers, physicians, nurses, teachers, policemen, biologists, lawyers, and psychologists to appropriate within-occupation interest inventories…