The Personal Orientation Inventory (POI) was used to assess the impact of a semester-long encounter-group, personal-growth experience on students seeking degrees in counseling. Both the experimental and control groups showed gains in self-actualization. (Author)

A study of university students suggests a complex shift in the meaning of "success" since the early 1970s. New definitions emphasize the following: (1) need for varied skills and adaptable personalities; (2) expectation of multiple career paths; (3) rejection of traditional ideas of success; and (4) hard work as a prescription for life. (PS)

Describes WILL (Women Involved in Living and Learning), a 4-year developmental program for liberal arts students designed to help undergraduate women define goals, and develop self-knowledge. A series of tests, interviews, and questionnaires indicated that WILL students are more outgoing, flexible, and open-minded about themselves as women than…

Timothy E. McCracken and W. Allen Ashby, English composition professors at Union College, are interviewed as to their methods, attitudes, and philosophies of teaching. They suggest that a student needs a sense of himself as a prerequisite for writing. (LBH)

Presents three empirical studies as the major foundation to form the self awareness training program in counselor education. These empirical studies were done sequentially to: (1) define what self-awareness is; (2) explore how the self-awareness training strategy can be conducted along with existing courses; and (3) evaluate the effects of the…

The author describes her findings in teaching Health Education to remedial students at Queensborough Community College. She found that remedial students should receive assignments at the first class meeting and that they should use one textbook (which contains a summary and questions at the end of each chapter) rather than several. Frequent tests…

Article examines the contradictory results found in replication regarding an earlier study investigating the relationship between counselor level of self-actualization and level of interpersonal functioning with clients. (Author/RK)

The students' self perception, development, esteem, and alignment with career roles can benefit from sensitive orchestration with a qualified counselor. (Author)

An educator sees an urgent need for counseling and placement to be considered a major part of the campus educational process and a basic issue of individual self fulfillment. (Author)

The literature of the absurd, represented by the works of Camus, Beckett, Sartre, and others is analyzed for its heuristic value in generating sociological theory. It is argued that rebellion in the face of institutional absurdity" may be a source of meaning for students and blacks in contemporary American society. (Author/MB)

Examined the effectiveness of assertiveness training groups led by trained paraprofessional college students. Participants (N=40) were assigned to either a treatment or control condition after completing two personality measures. Results suggest that paraprofessionals are effective in producing significant, positive changes in the reported…

Examined the relationship between anxiety and self-actualization in a sample of college students. Items (N=33) from the Personal Orientation Inventory were found to measure anxiety and scored negatively for self-actualization. Removal of anxiety items and rescoring yielded self-actualization measures related postively to anxiety test scores.…

Previous research found that an innovative educational program had a negative effect on participants' personality development. For the replication, control subjects increased their scores on three out of 19 scales while program praticipants' scores remained the same. When retested one year later, there were no significant differences. (Author)

Investigates the relationship between self-reinforcement behavior and psychological adjustment (Maslow's need hierarchy) in 93 college students. (CM)