Subjected three models involving social support, orientation to support utilization, and psychological distress to path analysis using data from 176 college students. Findings supported models that: (1) support network resources affect support appraisals indirectly through support behavior; (2) orientation to support utilization affects resources,…

Correlated Factors Modeling (CFM) is proposed as an alternative to LISREL and similar methods of estimating structural equations. CFM employs weak mathematics and is appropriate for a rapid, preliminary look at a model. The factors produced by CFM are exact linear components of their indicator variates. (Author/GDC)

This longitudinal panel study investigated the relationship between ability and achievement among elementary school children in Taiwan. Results are discussed in terms of theoretical and policy implications. (Author/MT)

Examined adjustment to retirement among 310 former industrial and service workers. Respondents had come to terms with retirement and enjoyed their more relaxed lifestyle. Dominant variables in the path model were retirees' satisfaction with specific aspects of retirement: giving up work, activities with family and friends, rest, and free time. (BH)

The relationship between juvenile delinquency and school performance was observed through the application of LISREL-type modeling to study compliance theory. Details of research methodology and results are given. (DF)

Constructed a path model to examine the factors that elicit and sustain helping behavior in 148 adult children with elderly mothers. Field survey data indicated that present helping behaviors, attachment behaviors, and feelings of attachment had the strongest influence on commitment to provide future help. (JAC)

The usefulness of Path Analysis (PA) for conducting longitudinal studies dealing with program evaluation and vocational development is discussed. A description of the mechanics of Path Analysis is provided, along with two examples of recent research in vocational education which utilized PA, and a discussion of the benefits and future applications…

This study tested a causal model of the prediction of the rate of occurrence of social and academic problems that results from college students' drinking. The model posited two pathways, one examining self-worth perceptions and symptoms of depression as mediators and one examining binge-drinking frequency as a mediator. Predictors included:…

This study examined individual differences in the ways students responded to a self-regulation learning training. It was predicted that students' motivational beliefs would be associated with at-risk college students' use of self-regulated learning strategies, homework completion, and academic performance. Participants were 58 college students in…

Self-administered questionnaires were collected from 534 college students and analyzed by path analysis, which explained up to 47 percent of the variation in certain kinds of problem drinking. The strongest single predictor of problem drinking was found to be quantity and frequency of consumption, but precollege drinking was also important.…

Measures of general cognitive ability in one- and two-year-old adopted and nonadopted infants and their parents were subjected to path analysis to estimate the contribution of genetic and environmental factors to short-term stability of mental ability. (Author/RH)

Examines the interrelations of work experience and psychological involvement in work among male college graduates over a 10-year period. Both the occupational socialization and the occupational selection hypotheses are supported by the data analysis. (Author/JOW)

A statistical model for relating latent variables from manifest variables, called a linear structural equation model, is presented. The approach is illustrated by a test theory model and longitudianl study of intelligence. (Author/JKS)

Studied interrelationships among perceptions of 108 preservice teachers of the learning context, test complexity, study strategies, and academic performance. Results of a path analysis show that perceptions of teaching format and test complexity were positively related to study strategies reported, and strategies were related to reported course…