Indicates that intervention by a mediator allows both negotiators to make concessions without appearing weak, thus speeding up the agreement. Bibliography, tables, and graph. (RW)

This article suggests that students have experienced impersonality" because of their failure to discover the unique purpose of the university, and that the superficial impersonality" that does exist is a guarantee of equality of treatment. (Author)

Presents the case of a 29-year-old university student with impairments in decoding skills. Factors that contribute to decoding skills are identified, such as phonological and morphological awareness and use of decoding strategies. The assessment and intervention procedures used are explained. The importance of recognizing the emotional needs of…

This study was designed to examine the vocational interests of daughters of alcoholics. Mixed support was provided for the assumption that their vocational choices are nonperson oriented. Data did support the prediction of high scores on the realistic and intellectual scales of Holland's Vocational Preference Inventory. (SJL)

An examination of the combined effect of a situational factor, disclosure, and two personality variables, "need for approval" and "inner-other directedness" on attitude - action relationships with respect to marijuana related attitudes and behavior of college students. Subjects with different personality characteristics were found to respond…

Based on the definition of closeness as the degree to which an individual perceives another as understanding him, this study examines some of the dimensions that appear to affect the perception of closeness in dyads. The modes of interpersonal communication which were examined are self-disclosure, touch, and metarelationship communication.…

Investigating the nature of parasocial interaction (relationship of friendship or intimacy of the television viewer with a remote media personality). Developed a model to measure parasocial interaction and tested news-viewing motives and patterns. (PD)

A study of 216 undergraduate psychology students investigated the relationship of parental support to child abuse. Results indicate that less severe abusive behaviors, especially emotional abuse, may have detrimental outcomes of hostility and aggression and that supportive behaviors by both mothers and fathers may be important factors in the…

Examined the hypothesis that personality dimensions associated with aspiration level and negative affect would serve as the anchoring constructs for a circumplex-like model that would describe the psychological dynamics of these performance-related variables. Results from 263 college women who completed various personality measures show…

In this study, the authors evaluated a model of the effects of parental conflict witnessed in childhood on psychosocial adjustment in 175 college students. Using this model, which integrated the cognitive-contextual framework (J. H. Grych & F. D. Fincham, 1990) and the emotional-security hypothesis (P. T. Davies & E. M. Cummings, 1994), the…