Compared four demographic variables as well as perceived family-of-origin health in relation to marital adjustment in 75 couples who completed the Family of Origin Scale and Dyadic Adjustment Scale. Results suggested marital adjustment is related to family income and similarity of spouses' family-of-origin health experiences. (JAC)

A study examined the processes associated with the transition of a classroom teacher from the elementary setting to the higher education setting. As integral elements of this transition, the study examined the participant's personal practical theories (PPT's) that guided his elementary teaching, the level of congruence between the PPT's and the…

Findings of a study to examine the effect of attitude congruence as a teacher selection criterion indicate that principals are more attracted to candidates with attitudes about education that are similar to their own rather than those who maintain dissimilar attitudes even if the latter are more highly qualified. (Author/EA)

Studied the difference between self-perceptions of 20 behaviorally disordered children and perceptions of each child by his/her teacher and mother. Results showed that teachers evaluated the behaviorally disordered children significantly lower than did the other evaluators, while for normal children, the three evaluator groups showed no…

Investigated the predictions of social influence theory with respect to client resistance to counselor influence. Data offered support for the social influence theory in that subjects' expectations of others' instrumental behavior were lower for those who viewed illegitimate counselors. (Author)

Investigated the influence on group formation of feedback provided by potential members. Results indicated choices students made varied according to the pertinence of the feedback to the characteristics of the problem. Suggests a sociometric choice in the form of attraction to the feedback provider could indicate the existence of such pertinence.…

Two studies of college students were conducted to determine whether an antecedent of ineffective communication, cognitive incongruence, is related to raised states of anxiety and lower achievement. Student/lecturer congruence, measured by scholastic motivation scales, was positively related to student performance with that lecturer and negatively…

Studied nonverbal abilities, nonverbal behaviors, and verbal-nonverbal congruence of both counselor and client in relation to judgments by counselors and clients of counseling outcome. Results indicated that only verbal-nonverbal congruence was significantly related to outcome. (Author)

This article reports on a study conducted among supervisors, superintendents, and teachers to determine what congruence existed relative to expectations for supervisory personnel. Each of these groups indicated how much time they thought supervisors should spend in each of 10 roles. Results are included. (KC)

This study investigated differences between congruent and incongruent college women on ego strength, locus of control, diagnostic signs, satisfaction, certainty, and perceived congruence. Congruent subjects were found to be more consistent, more certain, and scored higher on perceived congruence than incongruent subjects. Satisfaction differences…

The counseling session between Carl Rogers and Gloria is one of the most widely used teaching tools in the field of counselor education. This article explores a framework for investigating conceptual metaphor, which provided a useful method for understanding how meaning negotiation took place within the session as well as how Rogers and Gloria…

A study of 86 entry workers and 94 students beginning departmental studies showed that environmental congruence (fit between personality and environment) was modestly related to job satisfaction. The magnitude of the effect of importance of belonging to a group was considerably higher after several months. (SK)

Examined normative data for Missouri Children's Behavior Checklist (MCBC), Teacher Form. Sex differences comparable to those found in parents' ratings were found but teachers' average ratings were significantly lower than parents' ratings. Correlations between teachers' and parents' ratings were comparable to those found in literature and provide…

Administered follow-up questionnaire and Ramak Interest Inventory to 260 Israeli men and women who had first completed the interest inventory as high school seniors 19 years earlier. Found vocational interests to be moderately stable, but unrelated to satisfaction at follow-up. Suggests counseling toward appropriate within-occupation specialties.…

Examined effects of parental behaviors and accuracy of perception of parents' socialization goals on value transmission between parents and children in 82 families. Found strongest predictor of parent-child value congruence to be accuracy of children's perceptions of parents' socialization values. Attributions of values between parents and…