Examined the effects of externally cued periods of delay and various experimentor-generated rules for behavior management during the delay intervals on multiple measures of inhibitory self-control in young children. Subjects were 90 middle-class, white, kindergarten through second-grade children. (Author/MP)

Reports on an initial inquiry into children's compliant response inhibition, their tendencies to accomplish and maintain the inhibition of an attractive activity upon the request of an adult socialization agent. (Author/MP)

Physiological and subjective measures of counselor anxiety were compared to determine if counselors experienced greater anxiety during a counseling interview than during a conversation. Anxiety was assessed by self-report, skin conductance, and heart-rate measures. Conclusions were than counselors experience comparable anxiety during counseling…

Investigated was the self directed learning readiness of 1,729 gifted students (grade 3-12) as measured by a 10-item measure of self directed learning and an abbreviated form of Thinking Creatively About The Future. (CL)

This study sought to determine which components of a previously successful training procedure are necessary in modifying children's impulsivity. Impulsive second and third graders of both sexes (n=48) were subjects. Results indicate self-reinforcement is a necessary aspect of training in the modification of impulsivity. (Author)

College-student snake phobics received one of four treatments to reduce their snake avoidance behavior. Behavioral and self-report assessment showed all three treatments relative to the control to be highly and equally effective in reducing snake avoidance behavior. (Author)

Seventy-eight 8- and 9-year-old subjects were randomly assigned to success, failure, and control conditions involving a test of intellectual ability. Subsequently, they were exposed to a resistance to temptation test involving play with a forbidden toy and measures of latency were taken. (JMB)

Describes aggression replacement training (ART), a multimodal, psychoeducational intervention for assaultive, hostile adolescents and children who are either institutionalized or pose severe, disruptive behaviors in communities. Presents the research evaluating ART efficacy, planned efforts in program development, and ART's relevance for…

The abstinence violation effect (AVE) proposed in Marlatt and Gordon's model of smoking relapse was operationalized as a combination of internal, stable, and global causal attributions for smoking following the attainment of abstinence from smoking. Smoking cessation program participants who relapsed following a slip reported significantly higher…

Reviews variables influencing adolescent drinking and its consequences. Describes unique educational technique "Teams-Games-Tournaments," which by emphasizing self-management teaches adolescents about alcohol use and misuse. Discusses evaluation of method which showed students and teachers liked the method better than traditional methods of…

The article reviews the literature on self-control training with mentally retarded persons. Considered are applications of the strategies of self-monitoring, self-reinforcement, antecedent cue regulation, and self-instruction in work settings. (DB)

Case comparison analyses were used to assess the power of social support, life stress, and personal control in distinguishing maladaptive mothers. Results indicate that social support, as experienced or perceived by the individual, effectively distinguishes among women who vary in their adaptation to the parenting role. (Author/BL)

Examined the effects of self-coping cognitive treatment for test anxiety delivered in a massed format and a spaced format. Ninety-three test-anxiety subjects were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: (a) workshop, (b) six-session treatment, or (c) control. Results suggest that this treatment is effective in treating test anxiety.…

Examined developmental patterns in children's attempts to regulate their expressive behavior in a mildly conflictful situation where they expected to receive a desirable reward but in fact received an undesirable one. Major findings included significant age by sex interactions. (Author/RH)