The separation and comparison of sex and dominance as they relate to the ability to decode emotional meaning from nonverbal cues were investigated in a study conducted with 51 female and 55 male college students. The study was based on the assumption that submissiveness is positively related to skill in decoding nonverbal cues and was designed…

Factor analysis was used to measure the equivalence of the personality constructs measures by four different rationally devised inventories. The tests were administered to high school and college student samples. Twelve dimensions were found to be common to two or more inventories and consistent across the two samples. (Author/MV)

Three hundred fifty-nine undergraduates enrolled in 9 courses completed a course evaluation and a survey of educational preferences and orientations. The course instructors completed a similar attitudinal instrument. The faculty survey was more useful than the student survey in explaining differences in course evaluations. Disparity between these…

Community college students (N=31) took several personality tests and sex role questionnaires. Correlations among these instruments suggest that community college students in a conservative area who favor liberal sex roles tend to be loners, having a low opinion of both themselves and others. (Author)

At a time when there is an overabundance of accounting majors, a professor analyzes students' motives for pursuing a career in this field. (Author)

The Health Locus of Control (HLC) Scale is an area-specific measure of expectancies regarding locus of control developed for prediction of health-related behavior. Two experiments show discriminant validity of the HLC in contrast with Rotter's Internal-External Locus of Control Scale. Normative data on the HLC are provided. (Author)

The distribution of major choices of the students in college living units, as determined by the Holland (1973) typology, was related to the characteristics of the social environments of the living units. The results supported Holland's theory in that these two sets of variables were predictably related. (Author)

The 16 PF was administered to 105 females and 113 males who entered the work force after leaving high school and 177 females and 178 males who entered college immediately after graduation. Three kinds of results were observed; (a) a set of selective traits that differentiated the college and work groups initially; (b) changes in certain…

Describes a short-term workshop designed to assist young dual career couples in developing effective personal and couple-based lifestyle coping strategies. Discusses coping elements and strategies, characteristics of dual career couples, workshop goals and format, workshop implementation, and workshop experiences (areas of concentration). (WAS)

Investigated the conflict that women (N=115) experience between their home and nonhome roles. Results indicated that women who placed a similar level of importance on work as their husbands experienced less intense conflict than women who differed from their husbands in career orientation. (Author/RC)

Examined a recently developed Scale of Vocational Identity in relation to selected personality variables from the California Psychological Inventory, and preference for interest inventory feedback modes involving varying levels of counselor contact. (RC)

Compared college students' values in mate selection held today with those of earlier generations. Responses to a questionnaire (N=316) reflected changes in sex roles, influence of the mass media, increased idealization of romantic love, and current social and economic conditions. (Author/RC)