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Predicting retirement adjustment problems in women
(1983)
The purpose of this study was to determine whether a woman's rapid adjustment to retirement could be predicted. A review of previous literature found a large number of variables, of both an interpersonal and intrapersonal ...
Anaphoric resolution in text comprehension and memory
(1982)
Anaphora has been defined as a word or phrase that is substituted for and refers back to a specific antecedent, and which serves as either a cohesive element in language or an element that must be resolved in order to ...
Variations in psychopathic state among in-patient substance abusers
(1983)
Research has indicated that substance abuse in-patients have a stable psychopathic personality trait which is a prominent factor in relapse. The purpose of this study was to determine if a recently developed state measure ...
The relationship between hypnotic susceptibility and sex role orientation
(1982)
A sample of 122 undergraduate students were administered the following instruments: Biographical Data Sheet, Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility Form A, (HGSHS), PRF ANDRO Scale, Bem Sex-Role Inventory (BSRI), ...
A comparison of the marital satisfaction of clergy and lay couples
(1982)
The major purpose of this study was to compare the marital satisfaction of clergy and lay couples. A review of the literature yielded little information concerning the marital satisfaction of clergy couples. There have ...
Elaborative training effects on creativity and paired-associate learning in institutionalized mentally retarded
(1981)
Verbal learning and creativity research appear to be independently investigating the same phenomena (i.e., effect of elaborative training strategies) among mentally retarded. A literature review revealed: (1)Only one study ...
The contribution of standardized extended caution indices to the prediction of performance in college mathematics
(1984)
This study examined the relationships between standardized extended caution indices (ECI2(,z) & ECI4(,z)), mathematical ability, and course performance (precalculus or calculus) to determine whether or not: (a) ECI(,z)s ...
A comparison of training in stress inoculation, effective test taking techniques and study skills as treatments for test anxiety
(1983)
The major purpose of this study was to compare Meichenbaum and Butler's (1980) conceptual model for the treatment of test anxiety with a competing model which viewed test anxiety as a skills deficit (Kirkland and Hollandsworth, ...
Direct and indirect hypnotic induction techniques and individual characteristics
(1984)
The purposes of the present study were to compare the efficacy of direct and indirect hypnotic induction techniques and to examine the relationship between these methods and three individual variables: defensiveness, locus ...
Attitudes of public school administrators toward gifted, gifted-handicapped, handicapped and normal students and relationship to administrator belief system
(1984)
The major purposes of this research were to examine the attitudes and belief systems of public school administrators. These areas were investigated: administrators' attitudes toward the gifted, gifted-handicapped, handicapped, ...