Forty male undergraduates were assessed in a personality assessment session and a hypnosis session. The personality traits studied were repressive style and adaptive regression, while the transitory variable was mood prior to hypnosis. Hypnotizability was a significant interactive function of repressive style and mood, but not of adaptive…

A review of five interrelated studies showed that certain preselected SVIB occupational scales were indicative of life styles related to accident incurrence. The hypothetical formulation underlying these studies was that vocational interest scores reflect enduring personal characteristics. (Author)

Three types of depressive illness of childhood (masked depression, acute depressive illness, and chronic depressive illness) are described; contributing factors (heredity and parental behavior) are discussed; and indications of depression are considered. Briefly reviewed are various methods of treating depressed children, including the use of…

A nonmetric multidimensional analysis is used to identify the subscale structure of a creativity inventory. The instrument used assesses attitudes, interests, motivations, values, and other personality and biographical matters which characterize creative individuals. (Author)

A bibliography on personality traits of athletes. (PB)

In this study, it was found that students select counselors on the basis of certain personality traits rather than on that person's educational training in the area of guidance and counseling. (JS)

Basing hypotheses on interpretations of 12 personality factors most replicated in 10 past researches with children, this experiment sets up about eight subtests as specific markers for each. (Editor)

This study attempted to determine whether the variables of recent life crises and particular data of the self-concept are at least descriptive of the cancer patient and may serve to distinguish him from members of other groups. (Author)

The third and final paper in a series on underachievement presents a case study of a 12-year-old underachiever. The boy's family situation, psychological test results, and reactions to treatment (a combination of behavior modification, psychotherapy, and environmental manipulation) are recounted. (CL)

STUDIES CONCERNED WITH THE AREAS OF INTELLECTUAL, CREATIVE, AND SCIENTIFIC TALENT WERE PRESENTED. THEY WERE ORGANIZED UNDER (1) CHARACTERISTICS, (2) IDENTIFICATION, (3) ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION AND UNDERACHIEVEMENT AND, (4) EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. TERMAN'S FOLLOWUP STUDY SHOWED THAT 90 PERCENT OF THE GIFTED MEN WERE IN THE PROFESSIONS, HIGHER BUSINESS…

A THEORY OF WORK ADJUSTMENT WHICH MAY CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SCIENCE OF THE PSYCHOLOGY OF OCCUPATIONAL BEHAVIOR IS PROPOSED. IT BUILDS ON THE BASIC PSYCHOLOGICAL CONCEPTS OF STIMULUS, RESPONSE, AND REINFORCEMENT, AND PROVIDES A RESEARCH PARADIGM FOR GENERATING TESTABLE HYPOTHESES. IT WAS DERIVED FROM EARLY RESEARCH EFFORTS OF THE…

The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether there were identifiable characteristics that distinguish male students who change their academic goals during their first year in college from those who persist. The subjects were 244 students, half of whom were science students, and half humanities students, with half of each group…