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…

Eighty undergraduates completed the Interpersonal Dependency Inventory (IDI) twice, with an 84-week interval between administrations. Retest reliability for the whole scale and subscales were similar to those of studies using shorter test-retest intervals. Implications of results for the construct validity of the IDI are discussed. (SLD)

Asserts that medical education is an identity development process because it provides students with more and better ways to satisfy their needs; it allows medical students and residents to take on physicians' identities with which they further address their recurring psychosocial needs. Presents 12 conclusions concerning physicians' learning. (EV)

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…

Reports on a study in which a heterogenous group of college students completed questionnaires in which they described their reading experiences in order to determine their physical and mental experiences while reading two short stories. (HOD)

The residency is examined from the standpoint of adult developmental theory, and significant developmental tasks facing residents are described. Recommendations for management of common developmental conflicts occurring in residency are discussed. (Author/MLW)

Using data on 2,031 adults, 4 levels on a continuum of social attachment are compared: (1) no partner; (2) partner outside the household; (3) living with partner; and (4) married to partner. Results indicate that the higher the level of social attachment, the lower the level of psychological distress. (JPS)

Analyzes spontaneous written expression (sampled from 11 workshops) according to a structured model of Creative Poetry Therapy. Finds similarity in the poetic indicators and in the expression of psychological needs, despite profound differences in the composition of the groups (children, youth, adults). Argues that the healing process of poetry…

There is a general consensus that international students are a high-risk group who have a far greater number of psychological problems than their counterpart U.S. students. International students experience a number of problems due to the massive adjustments they are required to make abruptly in their social and academic lives. A review of the…

An increasing number of college-age youth are philosophically and behavioristically separated from the traditional middle class and its values. The nonstudent generally has withdrawn from formal education professing disdain for the academic experience and its stifling effects, but is nevertheless attracted to the university as a source of cultural…

Following a pilot study between 1965 and 1967, the Counseling Center at Kansas State University initiated a 3-year mental health project to identify integrative experiences --those that lead toward more creative and fully functioning individuals-- of college students, and to communicate interpretative reports on the data collected to the academic…

A controversial report of the insults that graduate school generates, this article addresses questions of student identity, powerlessness, esteem, and psychological survival. It is a disturbing analysis of graduate student culture, graduate student/society relationships, and graduate student importance. (Author)

Answers from a survey of 248 doctors ranged from zero to 90 percent, with a mean of 20.61 percent. The estimates were related to doctors' own performance as pre-medical and medical students, and to personal qualities and dispositions as indicated by psychological assessment. Characteristics of doctors with higher estimates are discussed.…

A study to determine whether any previous training had been received in death counseling, to assess the need for resident physicians to provide such counseling, and to define the self-perceived confidence level of resident physicians in providing psychosocial support to dying patients and their families is described. (Author/MLW)

Points to the importance to college students of establishing a support network based on personal relationships with advisers, deans, professors, and graduate assistants. (GT)