Extends Woy and Efran's research (Behav. Res. Ther., 10, 43-49.) by investigating the influence of expectancy set for therapy outcome on SD (systematic desensitization) effectiveness. (Author/RK)

Presents a relatively new theoretical, clinical, and research approach to dreams. Describes the functional theory of dreams and contrasts the functional approach with the more familiar interpretive approach. Reviews the origins and later spin-offs of the interpretive approach. (Author)

Conducted systematic descriptive review of social support literature, outlining measurement problems, identifying nature of assessment inadequacies, and providing recommendations for future. Reviewed 262 empirically based articles published between 1980 and 1987. Designed system to organize data on sample characteristics, type of instrument,…

Sixty-four clinicians responded to a brief description of a depressed student by indicating the extent to which each of four possible causes contributed to the depression. (Author)

This paper examined the relationship of some selected trait measures of personality with resting samples of alpha density in a normal population and the implications of such data for a state-trait approach to alpha and the experiential states associated with alpha. (Author/RK)

The present study evaluates the effects of a film that portrays the problems encountered by a girl who is attempting to engage in activities that are counter to traditional sex-role expectations on self-report measures of hostility, anxiety, and depression. (Author)

The present study investigated egocentricity in children and youth. Exner's Self-Focus Sentence Completion (SFSC) was used to measure egocentricity. (Author/RK)

The validity of predicting female homosexuality from empirical signs from the Draw-A-Person (DAP) was compared to the validity of psychologists'"blind" predictions from the same DAP protocols. (Author)

The present study attempted to replicate and extend previous findings that reported M-s (motive to avoid success) in women. The possible importance of academic major and presence of a male examiner also were investigated. (Author/RK)

The present study investigated the utility of the MMPI as a predictor of success or failure of an alcoholic sample in a behavioral outpatient alcoholism treatment program. (Author)

Type of discharge (irregular vs. regular) and length of time hospitalized were used as unobtrusive measures of psychiatric patient acceptance of hospital treatment regime among two groups (18-27 years and 45 years and above) of patients. (Author)

Fifteen male college students and 15 male process schizophrenics were used as Ss in this study. Intercorrelations among IQs, AQs, AQ-IQ discreoancies, RPRS scores, and psychiatric status of the Ss (schizophrenics vs. normals) were computed. (Author)

Because the MMPI is used so widely in clincial practice, the present study was designed to assess a gender-based repression hypothesis as it applies to the MMPI critical items. (Author/RK)