It was found that women disclose more than men; that self-reports of prior disclosing behavior are complexly related to actual confiding behavior; and that in order to be confided in, one must disclose about oneself noncontingently and without regard to the disclosing behavior of others. (Author)

Subjects were 296 Introductory Psychology students. Pre-test and post-test measures were obtained as a measure of opinion change. Contrary to most previous research, results indicated that there were no significant sex differences or interactions in persuasibility using topics of low or high involvement. (Author)

This study investigated some of the differences in a perceptual discrimination performance task due to: (1) sex and (2) level of aspiration of each group of subjects. It was found that there is an interaction effect between femaleness, maleness, and aspiration level. (Author)

Examines the attitudes of men and women toward former mental patients. Results indicate that women accord full and unreserved acceptance to recovered ex-mental patients, in sharp contrast to men, who strongly reject them. (Author)

In the article, Robert Lehrke responds to the criticism of the authors who criticized his paper, A Theory of X-Linkage of Major Intellectual Traits,'' appearing in the same journal. (CB)

Investigates the casual explanations employed by naive observers for suicidal behavior. Results indicate there are reliable differences in the way females and males are viewed when engaging in suicidal behavior. (Author)

Discusses the various areas of sex role change as an evolution verging on revolution, and states the result of these changes as being a blurring of gender roles. Reactions of different male groups, from the traditional to the liberal, are given, as well as a complete explanation of emotional trouble spots. (LPG)

The purpose of this study was to measure various death-related attitudes of a group of adolescents and to determine if these attitudes remain sex-related. It was concluded that differences in attitudes toward death generally are still consistent with traditional sex roles. (Author)

Work values, measured by Super's Work Value Inventory, indicate that females rate extrinsic values relating to personal work environment as more important, while males prefer intrinsic values such as stimulation, independence, and creativity. Differences appear to reflect differences in intensity of response rather than marked differences in value…

Two hypotheses, that young subjects would express more positive attitudes toward women's right to self determination than older subjects and that more women than men would do so, were supported by the author's research reported in this article. (Author/HMV)

Examines the use of nonverbal communication between males and females and counselors and noncounselors, and reports on differences in their ability to read nonverbal cues. (Author)

This study examines attitudes toward those who are stigmatized as mentally ill as a function of this individual's gender. The results contradict the notion that female patients are considered to be less severely ill, given a similarity of symptoms with male patients. (Author)

This study examined students at two different age levels to determine if those forced into having valid expectations tended to exhibit increased motivation and, by extention, improved performance. Motivation was determined by measuring both student performance and the time spent on the performance task. Eighty students from two grade levels (six…

Challenging Horner but following Berger and Luckmann, "female motive to avoid success" is interpreted as a normative response to social deviancy. Previous studies of this "motive" have analyzed male S's response to male success at activities typified for males but female S's response to female success at activities non-typified for females. This…