Explores self-reported psychological adjustment for congruent, incongruent, and moderately congruent employed male ministers. Results indicate that the three minister groups varied in psychological adjustment as assessed by the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Scales. Congruent ministers tend to be psychologically healthier than…

The psychometric literature is replete with comprehensive discussions of test validity, test validation, and the characteristics of quality assessment programs. The most authoritative source for guidance regarding sound test development and evaluation practices is the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing. However, the Standards are…

Despite recent emphasis on the communicative function attributions may serve, little is actually known about the reactions of observers to individuals' causal statements regarding their own or others' behavioral outcomes. To rule out perceived accuracy as an alternative explanation of the effects of concordance of causal understanding on…

The cognitive approach to stereotypes views stereotyping as a natural consequence of normal cognitive processes; therefore, information that is inconsistent with a stereotype is less likely to be remembered. To investigate this hypothesis an earlier experiment was replicated in three studies. Subjects received congruent or neutral information…

Interviewed 104 older American residents of Paris, France. Found that 70 percent had medium to high levels of sociocultural integration and 92 percent had adequate proficiency in French language. Concluded that congruence of Paris environment and individual values had implications for sociocultural integration; declines in health, income, and loss…

Examined quality of life in married couples. Found economic and noneconomic variables to cluster and show two paths for husbands and wives to satisfaction with quality of life. Path analysis revealed agreement over financial expenditures contributed to satisfaction with quality of life indirectly, through satisfaction with spouse for husbands and…

Examined managers (N=166) who voluntarily left the employ of an organization to determine reason for job change. Most job changers did not alter their general occupational orientations, but moved to occupational environments more congruent with their developing personality traits and goals. Suggests within an occupation there are diverse people…

Investigated adjustment to insulin-treated diabetes among 20 adult patients and spouses. Found illness-related perceptions of patients and spouses were positively correlated and discrepancies decreased with increasing duration of marriage after diagnosis. Marital satisfaction of spouses was negatively related to knowledge about diabetes,…

While instructional supervision is essential, only teachers can improve classroom instruction. This paper critiques clinical supervision and proposes a classroom performance model that builds on the strengths of the clinical model and transcends its major shortcomings. The model is based on a congruence perspective and relies on the diagnostic…

Classified 96 undergraduates by locus of control and assigned them to either situational control, perceived control, or no control conditions. Measures of stress reactions during and after exposure to noxious noise revealed no significant interactions between dispositional and situational or perceived control, not supporting congruency hypothesis.…

Examined differences between career counseling clients whose expressed and inventoried vocational interests were either congruent or incongruent. Subjects were 54 female undergraduates requesting career counseling at a university counseling center. Career-relevant outcomes were measured and significant differences were found. Results seem to…

An atheoretical perspective is provided with which to compare and integrate the concept of honesty with familiar counseling concepts and skills. (Author)

Investigated the accuracy with which personnel recruiters perceive specific reward preferences of new college graduates and the effect of recruiter experiences on perceptual accuracy. Results indicated significant differences on 11 job characteristics. Although recruitment specialization did not influence accuracy, experience did, with less…

Surveyed 232 hospital employees to assess what organizational problems they would like researched, compared to what has been published. Responses of management and nonmanagement personnel were similar, and emphasized the need for studies of human relations, communication, and leadership. Discusses areas where academicians are not meeting needs.…

Examined whether couples could accurately report on asymmetrical interaction patterns and whether particular patterns were associated with relationship distress. Undergraduate couples (N=55) completed a questionnaire describing interaction patterns. Agreement on pattern occurrence between couples was low but significantly greater than chance.…