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Effects of a group career/life planning counseling model on the sex role and career self-concept of female undergraduates
(1981)
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a group career/life planning counseling model on the sex role and career self-concept of female undergraduates at a university in the Southwestern area of the ...
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 ...
Positive versus aversive hypnotic suggestion for smoking cessation
(1981)
The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of positive versus aversive hypnotic suggestion for smoking cessation. An attention-placebo control group was also employed in the comparison. Seventy-five cigarette ...
The influence of temperament variables and teacher expectations on instructional decisions in head start populations
(1981)
The influence of young children's temperament characteristics and their teacher's expectations on the instructional decisions of a group from low socio-economic status (SES) populations was investigated. Three questions ...
Effects of hypnotherapy and relaxation training on mathematics achievement
(1981)
Volunteers (53) from an introductory algebra class were divided into four treatment groups--hypnotherapy (Hy), relaxation training (RT), active control (AC) (classical music) and inactive control (IC). Hypotheses tested ...
A descriptive analysis and content comparison of young children's dilemma stories and Piaget's, Kohlberg's and Rest's moral dilemmas
(1981)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the content of dilemmas that were spontaneously produced by children and to make descriptive comparisons of the content of the children's dilemmas with the content of standard ...
The influence of family environment on achievement and self concept among gifted students
(1981)
Recent research has revealed that a substantial number of gifted children do not achieve academically at expected levels even though most gifted students do well in school and in social relations. Family and personal ...
Marital relationship factors associated with coronary heart disease
(1981)
The marital relationships of 97 male coronary patients of a regional medical center and their spouses were evaluated by three methods: behavior type, self-referencing, and marital communication. Since self-referencing was ...
A comparison of psychotherapeutic treatments for muscle-contraction headache
(1981)
The main purpose of this study was to compare the following approaches as to their relative effectiveness in the reduction of muscle-contraction headache activity: (a) biofeedback training, (b) cognitive coping-skills ...