Increasing numbers of psychologists are moving from academic to private practice settings. In order to obtain information from private practitioners on aspects of their practices including education, location, orientation, hours, referrals, fees, incomes, and additional jobs, questionnaires were sent to a national sample of 300 private…

From all indications, meditation is being used more and more by psychotherapists and counselors in their practices. Research has not to date produced empirical guidelines for the therapeutic use of meditation. This report compiles clinical and research data to provide a step toward a systematized approach to the utilization of meditation so as to…

Compared two sets of variables (one known to reflect psychopathology and the other to reflect certain normal personality traits) to determine whether they overlapped in both normal and abnormal samples. Findings are taken as indicative that personality patterns remain contiguous with psychological symptomatology regardless of the presence or lack…

Idiographic research occupies an accepted position in personological study and clinical psychology. This review critically examines one such method of investigation, the clinical-personological approach, which relies on inductive inference and attempts to provide description at the level of the "whole person". (Editor)

Contrary to widely held belief, Watons and Rayner's (1920) experiment with Little Albert is not first reported case of classical conditioning of a child. Their work was preceded by that of Bogen and of Krasnogorskii. Mateer's work either preceded or coincided with Watons and Rayner's. This article clarifies chronology of these early studies of…

Examined the determinants of the selection decision for applicants to one clinical Doctor of Psychology program and relationships among selection variables and program performance variables. Results and discussion illuminate the determinants of ratings made of applicants based on reading written application materials and determinants of ratings…

Describes a method of teaching verbal helping skills to students who do not have access to a clinical population. Open-ended interviews with "real" people are used as the primary training devise; role-playing simulations and programed instruction complement this experience. (Author/JDH)

Describes innovative methods for teaching projective assessment in a one semester graduate level clinical psychology course. The course fosters competence in the basics of administration, scoring, and in-depth interpretation of at least one test. (RM)

Described is an exercise involving the measurement of temperature in a peripheral tissue, brown adipose, that is readily accessible in the laboratory rat. (RM)

Examined the influences on psychologists' (N=205) acceptance of a child clinical treatment. Results showed the influence of research on clinical practice is affected by complex factors including the study's methodology, availability of training in the provision of a tested treatment, and compatability with existing procedures. (LLL)

The literature suggests that how one reacts to feedback is influenced by kind of feedback, conditions under which feedback is presented, and a variety of relevant subject variables. The most frequent design has resulted in acceptance of false feedback by college students leading to derogation of instruments and assessors. (Author/MV)

Investigated subscales of the Multiscore Depression Inventory for construct and concurrent validity. Provided support for the construct validity of six scales. Concurrent validity was demonstrated with significant relationships obtained for all subscales with respective criterion measures, with the exception of learned helplessness. Discriminant…

That psychoanalytic theory has not been displaced by the behavioral theory of neurosis is remarkable in view of the persuasive evidence that exists for the efficacy of behavior therapy. One reason for this seems to be the persistence of widespread misperceptions of behavior therapy. (Author)

Appraises selected issues and developments in the field of psychotherapy since 1940. Discusses increased participation of clinical psychologists in the area of psychotherapy, increased popularity of psychotherapy, declining influence of psychoanalysis and related views, emergence of behavioral and cognitive therapies, and recent emphasis on…

Result of this study indicated psychologists' judgments of scientific merit were influenced by patient assignment and follow-up but not by therapists' experience. Judgments of clinical relevance were influenced by patient population, the findings' applicability, and nature of therapy. Psychologists were more critical of methodology of studies…