While traditional personality theories view anxiety and actualization as mutually exclusive, some more recent ones consider the possible positive role of anxiety in actualization. (Author)

This study was an attempt to examine the effects of experiential group training on populations that differ on various dimensions. (Author/RK)

To test the hypothesis that modeling is enhanced when Ss and models are of the same race, black and white attendants at a southern mental hospital were exposed to either a black or white model who refused to volunteer for a series of future studies. (Author)

Examined trait anxiety in three groups of Israeli physical education students (N-251) competitors in individual sports, in team sports, and noncompetitors. The measure was the Spielberger, Gorsuch, and Lushene Trait Anxiety Scale (1970). Additionally, two groups of competitive athletes were compared on State Anxiety as measured by the Spielberger…

Variables related to the intellectual functioning of 597 visually impaired persons were investigated. (Editor)

Investigates the relationship between purpose in life and sexual behavior and attitudes (i.e., sex drive and interest, and sexual frustration and malajustment) among college students. (Author/RK)

Investigates (1) what types of measures, if any, of the sophomore interviewing performance are capable of predicting performance in the senior year?; (2) what is the direction and extent of change in the medical students' interviewing skills between sophomore and senior years? (Author/RK)

To determine the relationship between Spielberger's measure of trait anxiety and social-interpersonal vs. physical danger trait anxiety, Ss were administered the trait scale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and Lykken's Activity Preference Questionnaire (APQ). (Editor)

It appears that contingent reinforcement may have an effect upon the intelligence test performance of black adults as evidenced by the consistent trend of the IQ scores in the direction of the proposed hypothesis. However, the primary analysis of the data revealed no statistically significant differences among treatment groups. (Author)

A 60-item Q-sort that represented 12 "curative factors" regarded as crucial to the efficacy of psychotherapeutic groups by Yalom (1970) was administered to volunteer undergraduate participants after the end of 20-hour (2 hours weekly) personal growth groups. (Editor)

Investigates the relationship between the mean age of psychotic veterans hospitalized for suicidal or nonsuicidal behavior and the presence or absence of childhood onychophagia. (Author/RK)

The interest in this study was to determine the factor structure of the independent variables in a brain-damaged population and to assess its predictive value for complex test variables independent of those variables that determine the factor set. (Author/RK)

The present study assessed whether a relatively current change in one's physical state was associated with a change in body image and attitude about self-control. It also addressed the question of whether obese persons learned to limit the number of cues that served as stimuli for food intake. (Author/RK)

The purpose of the present research was to replicate O'Leary, et al.'s previous findings (EJ 100 528) and to test the hypothesis that the correlation between Rotter's Locus of Control scale and the Taylor Manifest Anxiety scale was moderated by neuroticism and negativism toward self. (Author/RK)