A SPECIALLY CONSTRUCTED 21-ITEM SENTENCE COMPLETION INSTRUMENT WAS ADMINISTERED TO 20 STUDENTS IN A "FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION" COURSE AT COLUMBUS COLLEGE, GEORGIA, AS A PILOT ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN A MEASURE OF STUDENT IDENTIFICATION WITH THE COLLEGE. SCORING CONSISTED OF RATING EACH COMPLETION AS A POSITIVE, NEUTRAL, OR NEGATIVE ATTITUDINAL…

Results of this study reveal that personal and social needs are as strongly felt as are career or academic needs when self-reported by undergraduate college students. (Author)

This study compared telephone and mail survey approaches in assessing psychological needs perceived by university students. It appears that both the telephone and mail approaches have merit as techniques for assessing psychological needs among university students. (Author/CJB)

A validity study is conducted of the Self-Consciousness Scale components with male undergraduates. The components, Private and Public Self Consciousness and Social Anxiety did not correlate with any other measures used to establish their validity and thus seem to be independent of other measures tested. (Author/DEP)

The findings of this study failed to support the hypothesis that need achievement has an appreciable effect on continuation in college, even when the objective probability of success is controlled. (Author/KM)

Examines specific motives and difficulties as they pertain to women returning to school. Most women are affected to some degree by all the variables, and student personnel workers and counselors should understand this in order to be more resourceful when working with older women. (Author/CJ)

Five experiments are reported. One conclusion in that repressor-type high need-for-approval subjects made the discrimination and permitted less favorable self-description, but sensitizer-type high need-for-approval subjects did not. (DB)

Investigates self-destructive behavior in terms of interpersonal strategies of manipulation. Males and females anticipating sudden violent death (SVD) showed higher needs for control while SVD males demonstrated impaired competency in the expression of affectional needs. Inability to express affection may lead to perceptions of the self as…

Investigates the hypothesis that willingness to help another person depends on the cause of the person's need and that the relationship between attribution and helping is mediated by affect and expectancy of future need. Subjects were 40 male and 40 female undergraduate students. (Author/SS)

Examines the correlations between the incidence of relationship dependency, the levels of dependency in relationship scripts, and the incidence of dating abuse in a sample of 178 female college students. Results indicate that dependent relationship scripts were significantly and positively correlated with the presence of relationship dependency in…

This study examined daily emotions and social contexts of young adults who differed in global attachment style (secure vs. insecure). Sixty-nine college students (41% male, 59% female) completed self-report measures of attachment and provided time-sampling data on moods, companionship, and activities using the experience sampling method. Secure (n…

Little is known about the reverse culture shock experience of Americans who have lived abroad. Many of these Americans are dependent youth who, after completing high school abroad, return to the United States for college; reverse culture shock may impact the academic experiences of these returnees. This study (n=66) examined the relationships…

Undergraduate students who wished to enter sensitivity groups filled in Shostrom's Personal Orientation Inventory and also indicated their degree of loneliness. Ss low in loneliness obtained higher scores on the personality scale, with eight of the 12 subscales significantly different from Ss high in loneliness. (Author)

Study results indicate that the single group is significantly more family oriented than the married group in perceiving self and ideal woman. No significant differences were found between the two groups in perceiving man's ideal woman. Both married and single women indicated belief that most men would desire an ideal woman with a strong…