Changes in pre-competition state anxiety of junior and senior high school football and basketball players were studied as a function of trait anxiety of these athletes and three experimental athletic environments characterized by stressful and non-stressful conditions. In response to the psychological stress associated with athletic competition,…

Testing has been perceived as a panacea, an elixir for obtaining data on innate human abilities. Since the empirical research and the experience of clinicians has not been fully able to meet this expectation adequately, assessment has been ascribed the quality of having an illusionary nature. Hence, it has been proposed by various factions in the…

Three experimental psychological tests were investigated to determine if they added significantly to the prediction of eight drug abuse criteria when combined with a basic predictor set consisting of background variables only. Of the four tests investigated, only one, the Life Values Questionnaire appeared to add any significant unique variance to…

In the fall of 1968, 269 males and 167 females at Central Virginia Community College were administered the Holland Vocational Preference Inventory. Statistical comparisons were made scale-for-scale between these students and national normative group average scores. The comparisons of means and standard deviations were analyzed by "t"…

This compilation is comprised of descriptions of instruments for measuring self-concept. The instruments were chosen on the basis of the following criteria: they should be suitable for and reflect the full age range of children in school; each of the categories in Coller's model--self report, projective, behavior trace, and direct…

This study determined if trials on a concept learning task could be analyzed, using multiple learning curves, to generate a family of curves which would clarify differences in methods of attaining concepts. (RC)

Take a scientific approach to the use of psychological testing in business and industry, and analyze jobs carefully as an important part of setting up a testing program. The article offers a step-by-step procedure for testing employees, analyzing results, and deciding whether the test is useful or not. (Author/AJ)

The results of the California Psychological Inventory, the Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes, and the Mooney Problem Check List for short-term clients, long-term clients, and nonclients were compared. Results supported the usefulness of the Mooney in a relatively normal setting. (Author)

This paper will help the counselor and researcher in selecting the personality tests appropriate for the client or target culture, in making the best possible use of existing instruments by taking into account such devices as itinerant norms, and in focusing on the practical application of psychological knowledge. (Author)

Attempted to provide a direct investigation of the nature and stress-reducing quality of complementary projection, a process by which an individual attributes causality for his or her own feelings, traits, or behaviors onto other people. (Author/RK)

Reviews difficulties attending psychological assessment of individuals of cultural and ethnic minority groups. Critically reviews proposed solutions such as construction of new norms for conventional measures or development of new, culture-specific instruments. Emphasizes need to comprehend direct experience of subject and describes use of…

Guidelines are offered for the use of progress and outcome measures as an integral part of: (1) treatment planning and progress review; (2) clinical supervision; and (3) program management. Scales with documented reliability and validity are listed. Some sources of computer software programs for scoring are given. (Author/LMO)

Addresses the problem of the equivalence of linguistically translated items that form measurement scales used to assess psychological traits or constructs in source and target cultures and languages. Outlines assessment procedures that are standardized but that also reflect cultural-specific concepts and values. (PS)

Prospective preprosthetic oral surgery patients were presented with a problem-focused, emotion-focused, or mixed-focus stress management intervention. The mixed-focus intervention produced the best overall response to surgery; the emotion-focused intervention produced the lowest adjustment levels. Better adjustment and satisfaction and lower…

Sought to clarify the intrinsic narcissistic relationship with religiosity using the Narcissistic Personality Disorder Scale, the Allport-Ross religious Orientation Scale and the Machiavellian Scale. Intrinsic religiosity correlated negatively and specifically with the maladaptive exploitiveness dimension of narcissism. Data are discussed in terms…