To improve well-being of nursing home residents and ensure compliance with the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, programs aimed at improving quality of life must strive to satisfy higher level needs of the elderly as identified in Maslow's hierarchy. (SK)

Reviewed literature and conducted telephone survey of 28 universities to examine how universities are addressing women's needs on campus. Identified needs in areas of safety and prevention, education and awareness, support and advocacy, equity, and community. Of 28 universities surveyed, 22 had some program specific to women's needs. (NB)

Learned opinion supports the relevance of satisfaction with job facets in studies of job satisfaction, but an analysis of the perceived importance of these facets concerning overall job satisfaction in education has largely been ignored. The relationships among Alberta (Canada) elementary and junior high school principals' job facet perceptions…

Article reviewed the current energy demands of the United States, enumerated the major alternative energy sources and commented briefly on their feasibility, and considered some ecological and social implications of attempting to meet our projected demands primarily by using our domestic fossil fuel reserves. (Author/RK)

A hierarchical clustering method was used to subgroup a sample of 570 managers on their need profiles. Findings showed that need type moderated the relative contributions of specific dimensions of satisfaction in the prediction of overall job satisfaction. (Author/HMV)

The three primary aims of this report were to investigate whether or not the single gratifications associated with the use of different mass media form some gratification dimensions more basic in their nature; to explore in what way these dimensions are related to the actual mass media content choices of the audience; and to investigate the way…

This paper reviews the various experimental and survey strategies employed to assess the relative importance of different job characteristics in determining job satisfaction, and analyzes the problems involved with the different approaches. The paper then describes the development of an empirically derived explanatory model of job satisfaction,…

Certain needs are perceived as a set of motivational systems that are necessary for satisfactory adjustment to the teaching profession. The college professor is described as an individual who is low on economic motivation, is not survival oriented, and has high ethical standards and a strong need to communicate facts and ideas to others. In terms…

The need-satisfying characteristics of commonly selected leisure activities (watching television; attending plays, concerts, and lectures; reading books and magazines; bicycling; and drinking and socializing) are investigated. (JD)

Extends previous applications of expectancy-value theory to gratifications research in a study of student exposure to television news. Findings suggest that expectancy-value and gratification-seeking orientations are highly related but distinctly different judgments. Discusses issues in research on emotion-cognition and problems in attitude…

Tested six hypotheses concerning the effects of need level (higher versus lower order) and need salience as moderators of the relationship between need satisfaction and alienation-involvement in employees (N=632). Results showed that higher-order need satisfaction correlated with alienation-involvement, and need saliency did not moderate the need…

Surveyed 140 adults to examine motivation for watching television. Results showed entertainment was the most frequently cited reason for watching television, followed by learning things and passing time. Life stage was related to five motives and indicated television was a way of seeking intellectual or social involvement. (JAC)

Higher order needs, for self-actualization and autonomy, were more highly related to teacher militancy than were lower order needs for such benefits as increased salary and sick leave accumulation. (Editor)

Ten techniques are described for encouraging the development of inner resources for the disabled whose achievement and interaction are limited. (MU)

This study demonstrated that delinquent males who make a choice which implies ability to delay immediate gratification for a future goal differ from other delinquents on measures of impulsiveness, verbal delay of gratification, and internal versus external control, but not on measures of foresight and planning ability or adjustment ratings.…