Surveyed 704 couples to test a model in which role enactment and role consensus were intervening variables between age at marriage and marital satisfaction. Findings showed age at marriage was not significant, but quality of spouse role enactment and role consensus had a strong, positive association with marital satisfaction. (JAC)

Tested the hypothesis that low consensus of volunteer couples completing the Spouse Observation Checklist underestimates that achieved by clinic couples. That hypothesis was not supported. Couples (N=10) beginning marital therapy achieved agreement rates on joint SOC behaviors of 38.6 percent. Findings confirm the low reliability of spouse…

Self v ideal-self measures were defined on Adjective Check List. Overall congruence was indexed by phi coefficient for items and by sum of absolute differences on scores for 24 scales. Results indicate that internal components of self-ideal congruence have differential implications that overall measures fail to detect. (Author/BEF)

A study of 12 emergency, 27 operating, 25 intensive care, and 22 psychiatric nurses in Canada demonstrated that, although gender roles appeared androgynous, the masculine component of nursing was more valued and rewarded. High masculinity was associated with higher pay, high femininity with low experience. Gender roles represented complex…

Studied effects of short-term, dynamically oriented individual therapy and patient characteristic quality of object relations (QOR) in study involving 8 therapists and 144 psychiatric outpatients. Best results were attained by high QOR therapy patients; worst results were attained by low QOR control patients. Results were suggestive of optimal…

Tested hypothesis that interest congruence is more closely linked with job satisfaction for workers with clearly defined interests as opposed to workers with poorly defined interests. Results implied that congruence is a moderately efficient predictor of satisfaction when between-occupation sources of variance are excluded by research design.…

Compared congruency between types of noncollege-degreed employed women's (N=171) actual occupational choices and their cognitive occupational preferences to congruency between types of personality and choices. Results indicated that, although association between types of cognitive occupational preference and actual occupational choice was superior…

Elementary, middle, and high school counselors (N=72) responded to Self-Esteem Inventory, Self-Report Form, and Vocational Preference Inventory. Regression analysis revealed that Competence in Individual Work factor contributed most to explaining variance of scores and clearly differentiated groups with high and low self-esteem. This factor shared…

Gives an historical overview of Rogerian motivational constructs of actualization and self actualization. Reports the results of a survey of introductory textbooks relative to their treatment of Rogers' thinking. Suggests that individuals who wish to create a Rogerian presentation should incorporate the congruence/incongruence concept. (KO)

Developed and tested encompassing and utilitarian measure of small group consensus using 48 small groups involving 234 college students. Pilot study of 14 groups and 61 subjects used instrument to test consensus stability over six-week period. Results showed no significant change in consensus levels over that time. (Author/NB)

Reports on a study designed to explore the relationship between person-environment congruence and the perceived social climate of the work environment (community hospital setting) using 133 management and staff nurses. Findings revealed that there are no significant differences between congruent and incongruent groups for any of the three…

Used data from a sample of 1,070 married Protestants and Catholics to examine the relationship between religious homogamy and marital happiness. Religious bodies were classified into six categories and then used to develop a measure of heterogamy or religious distance. Found the larger the religious distance, the greater the likelihood of…

Relates Holland's theory of vocational choice and congruence between personality and work environment to Cass's model of lesbian/gay identity development. Suggests that Holland's congruence and Cass's interpersonal congruence concepts need to be considered in career counseling with lesbian/gay clients. (SK)

Congruent career aspirations and current occupations of 61 undergraduates were significantly related to career locus of control but not to age or career decision-making self-efficacy. The latter was associated with age and year in college. (SK)

Examined agreement between parent and adolescent ratings on Child Behaviour Checklist in 1,299 referred adolescents over 3 years. Agreement on externalizing was higher than on internalizing items, and concordance increased with age for boys, whereas there were no differences in parent-child agreement between boys and girls. Agreement was higher…