The purpose of the present study was to determine if a difference in death anxiety exists between people who engage in a risk-taking activity and people who do not. Motorcycle riding was chosen as a risk-taking activity. A significantly lower Death Anxiety Scale score was obtained from the motorcycle group. (Author)

Primarily middle-class women (N=212) were classified as "still working,""retired," or "housewives most of their lives" according to self-report. Analysis showed women who have worked much of their lives are not at a disadvantage relative to those who have not in terms of number of social resources at their disposal. (Author)

Current dissatisfaction with public schools has focused attention on private schools. To further public discussion, two national organizations of public and private schools are sponsoring "A Study of High Schools," a joint examination of the schools' problems, prospects, learning conditions, teacher commitment, and school climates. (RW)

Concurrent validity of the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory (SCII) and predictive validity of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) were studied in an 18-year follow-up of a university counseling center group of male college graduate subjects. The SCII had concurrent validity greater than the SVIB. (Author)

Cross-sex equalization of vocational interests in the college population was tested by comparing 150 female and 150 male college counselees with the "women in general" and "men in general" samples of the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory. College females differed little from women in general. (Author)

The validity of the SIT was investigated with 50 public school children in Grades 1 through 4; the WISC-R served as the congruent validating criterion. The SIT correlated significantly with the WISC-R and overestimated the WISC-R IQs. Statistical data for sexual and racial stratifications were also given. (Author)

Interviews with seven of 10 known survivors of jumps from the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge revealed all experienced transcendence and spiritual rebirth phenomena. This paper was presented at the 8th International Congress on Suicide Prevention, Jerusalem, October 21, 1975. (Author)

Tests the hypothesis that if direct small group experience was shown to be relatively more effective than vicarious experience in heightening attraction, then a significant assumption of T-group theory would receive support. Results support the hypothesis. (Author)

The time spent on household labor, and the traditionality and role specialization in the division of such labor are compared using matched samples of married and co-habiting college men and women. Women of both groups are still taking most of the responsibility for the household tasks. (Author)

This study provides estimates for the Nye and Berardo model of the effect of age at marriage on socioeconomic attainments. The major findings are that marital timing has neither a total effect on educational and occupational attainments, nor does it mediate the total effects of family socioeconomic statuses. (Author)

This is the third survey undertaken to assess changes in knowledge and attitudes concerning drugs among students from Georgia high schools. Results revealed 56 percent of the students possessed knowledge of the drug culture and 3 percent had tried hard drugs, with none being regular users. (Author)

Provides insight into the desirability of assigning clients to counselors with a high proportion of successful closures with members of the clients' disability group. The criterion of desirability was the Cooper-Rubin suitability-of-placement index. Results indicated no positive relationship between counselors' proportion of successful closures…

College recruiters (N=55) and 64 placement directors rated 19 career-planning and placement services and 8 kinds of student data on their value to recruiters. Recruiters and directors seem to agree about values of services and student data but less agree about the best times for using the student data. (Author)

This paper, presented at the Gerontological Society meeting, October 1975, Louisville, examines the hypothesis that attitudinal differences between age groups will vary by type of community. Comparisons are made of 24 attitude scale scores by 224 young-old persons and 42 old-old persons. More differences were found in the urban groups. (Author)

The convergent and divergent construct validity of the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory and the Vocational Interest Inventory was examined separately in samples of male and female college counselees. The validity of the SCII General Themes was strongly supported while minor weaknesses in certain Basic Interest and Occupational scales were…