Six hypotheses were generated to study the motivation of women participants and non-participants in continuing education, and to examine the relationship of the motivation of participants to their satisfaction and other selected educational variables. Four groups of randomly selected women (165) represented different stages in the adoption process…

Thirty-three adult male employees at a chemical plant completed a Worker Opinion Questionnaire (WOQ) designed to yield a measure of worker satisfaction. The quality of their job performance was obtained by means of supervisor ratings. Eighteen of the subjects were involved in "skilled labor and fifteen in "unskilled" labor. It was hypothesized…

This document describes the present activities of and recommends improvements for the Ohio Youth Commission, an organization designed to provide treatment and rehabilitative services for socially deviant youths. (LLR)

The Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (a personality test) was given to a group of essentially anti-company employees and a group of pro-company employees. Results, comparing the differing needs of both groups are presented with recommendations for implementing a program of activities rewarding to each. (Editor/TA)

Six latent identities of deans of nursing schools are identified and discussed in terms of how the deans perceive themselves and their role, and their expectations of and dissatisfaction with the position. (TA)

The prospect of decreasing affluence indicates an immediate need to change life-styles and expectations. The challenge to educators involves a reconceptualization of education's role and requires faith in the potential for reason and analysis in ordinary humans. The tools are learning theory and social psychology. (Author/AJ)

Academic delay of gratification (ADOG) refers to students' postponement of immediately available opportunities to satisfy impulses in favor of pursuing academic goals that are temporally remote but ostensibly more valuable. This important form of self-regulation was studied among college students to determine how it serves to sustain effort over…

Psychiatric care for deprived children presents special problems if treatment is undertaken in the office of a private practitioner. An experimental program indicates the effectiveness of supportive measures made possible through special funding. (Author/ST)

Highlights of American work attitudes survey done by the University of Michigan's Survey Research Center for the Department of Labor. (AG)

Only aggressive black admissions officers, financial administrators and academic counselors with an understanding of Afro-American community problems can effectively begin the critical job of providing equal opportunity for higher education. (IR)

This review of job staisfaction research concludes that some findings were: (1) the Minnesota theory of work adjustment promises to provide theoretical constructs useful in understanding vocational behavior; (2) insufficient evidence is reported to support two factor" theory. (Author)

The community survey was conducted by National Analysts, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The data were gathered in 1961.

Students entering a university-sponsored weight-reduction program were given a questionnaire to assess the strength of their basic motivational needs and were later asked if the program satisified those needs. Students whose needs were met for affiliation and achievement were more likely to complete the program. (Author/PP)

Contends that the apparent psychosocial inadequacies of contemporary adolescents stem from the widespread adult attitude of relegating them to the status of minors. Recommends that the dynamic principles of adult-adolescent relationships as well as child-rearing techniques in general, draw heavily from the provisions of Maslovian psychology. (JAC)