Tested notion that resemblance between spouses increases with marital duration because of common environmental or reciprocal influences. Data from 15,925 to 23,033 Norwegian couples revealed that correlations between spouses did not vary much with marital duration, implying stronger effect of mate selection than convergence. Found moderate…

Examined relationship between congruence (fit between individual's personality and occupational choice) and job satisfaction of successfully rehabilitated vocational rehabilitation clients (n=72). Found significant positive correlation between job satisfaction and congruence. Findings suggest that rehabilitation counselor education programs should…

Surveyed randomly selected undergraduate students (n=1,438) at an urban west coast university about their college employment experiences. Results indicated that students employed in part-time jobs congruent with their career interests were more likely to be satisfied with their jobs. Further research is needed to examine the limited opportunity…

Each adult educator holds a unique set of beliefs about teaching and the elements of instruction and behaves in a teaching/learning setting in fundamentally individual ways. The key to a congruent teaching style is having the beliefs and behaviors consistent with each other. (Author/JOW)

There is serious confusion in higher education regarding the relationship between learning and experience. Work placements should be seen as opportunities for real learning in the real world, and all work should be conceived as a placement. (SK)

A study of 169 Scottish and 163 Australian vocational teachers showed that those with practical interests deemed incongruent with the teaching environment and those with social interests deemed congruent did not differ significantly in terms of job stress and strain. Some gender differences in stress and strain were found. (SK)

Elementary school teachers (N=200) were assessed about their explanatory attribution and preferred practices regarding four school behavior problems. Teacher burnout was assessed by Maslach Burnout Inventory. Results show that teacher misbehavior-related attributions and preferred practices differentiate significantly the burnout levels…

This article presents a multilevel model of group learning that focuses on antecedents and consequences of interpersonal congruence, transactive memory, and feedback processes. The model holds that members' self-verification motives and situational conditions (e.g., member diversity and task demands) give rise to identity negotiation behaviors…

This manuscript addresses adoption and the related gifts and challenges faced by adoptees. Challenges such as the search for identity, reconciliation, and identifying how they belong are also discussed. This manuscript also addresses common myths and misconceptions about the adoption experience. A creative intervention, using super heroes and…

This study examined the relationship between perception of communication and report of symptoms among second-generation Cambodian children and their parents using a matched-control design of clinic and community children. Children reported significantly higher symptoms than parents in both samples. Clinic parents reported more symptoms than …

The estimated median duration of psychotherapy for white clients in the United States is about 5 to 8 sessions; the estimated mean duration is about 10 to 15 sessions; and the dropout rate after one session is about 17 to 22%. A minority of patients make the majority of outpatient mental health visits. This study used a sample of nonpsychotic…

This study was designed (a) to investigate client-counselor congruence in the perception of problems in eight potentially handicapping problem areas and (b) to find factors that might be contributing to any identified variance in problem perception. Results suggested that considerable incongruence exists between rehabilitation counselors and their…

This study was conducted to examine sex role characteristics common to women making nontraditional career choice; to determine whether dissatisfaction is affected by congruence of sex role, self-concept, and traditionally of program; and to investigate whether sex role self-concept plays a role in women's ratings of satisfaction within their…

Recently some psychologists have shown a renewed interest in the relationship between cognition and emotion and have begun to examine the relationship between the representation and processing of factual and emotional information. To investigate the role of emotional state in personal memory retrieval, a study was undertaken to replicate and…

This study examined the effects of perceived similarity, behavioral confirmation of sex role stereotypes, and victim gender on attributions of blame and derogation of the victim. College students (N=120) participated in a 2x2x2 factorial design manipulating victim gender, victim behavior (active/passive), and personal similarity (young…