Journal of Consulting Psychology

Gordon, Jesse E.

doi: 10.1037/h0042112pmid: N/A

3 sets of variables were studied: (a) maternal independence training attitudes toward the deaf child, (b) selectivity in such attitudes on the basis of the hearing handicap, and (c) mothers' achievement needs. The data suggest that the more important influences on the handicapped child are not the maternal attitudes toward the handicap but, rather, toward children in general. "Mothers with low achievement needs tended to be moderate in their independence training attitudes toward normal children, while high n Achievement mothers tended toward the extreme positions of favoring very early or very late independence. High n Achievement mothers favored significantly later independence in deaf children."

Lasky, Julian J.; Hover, Gerald L.; Smith, Philip A.; Bostian, David W.; Duffendack, Stanley C.; Nord, Charles L.

doi: 10.1037/h0043519pmid: N/A

Predischarge ratings were used by a group of psychiatric patients to predict rehospitalization and work, family, and health adjustment for a period of 2 years following hospitalization. Predictions were derived from human interactions and not from psychological tests. Patients could not make predictions.

Beier, Ernst G.; Stumpf, John

doi: 10.1037/h0046361pmid: N/A

An evaluation was made of accumulative information conveyed by successive presentation of 4 cues: voice, gestures, face, and social interaction. Long acquaintance ratings were more favorable than 1st acquaintance ratings.

Kassebaum, Gene G.; Couch, Arthur S.; Slater, Philip E.

doi: 10.1037/h0041330pmid: N/A

A brief review of several factorial studies. A method of constructing reliable and factorially "pure" factor tests is also described. A factor analysis of 32 scales from the MMPI produced 3 factors: ego-weakness, ego-strength, and introversion-extraversion. The theories regarding typical pathological expressions of introversion and extraversion were not supported by the analysis. 25 refs.

Stieper, Donald R.; Wiener, Daniel N.

doi: 10.1037/h0042739pmid: N/A

Long-term therapy shows few, if any, advantages over short-term therapy. Test findings suggested that length of time in therapy does not correlate with improvement. Long-term therapists apparently fail to formulate adequate therapy goals and also fail to impersonalize the therapeutic relationship. The data suggest that eclectic long-term therapy may be neither economical nor beneficial. 17 refs.

Gordon, Jesse E.; Martin, Barclay; Lundy, Richard M.

doi: 10.1037/h0041303pmid: N/A

The effects on anxiety, as measured by GSR recording, of repression, suppression, and verbalization of threatening material were studied. Extinction of the association between cue and anxiety response occurs when anxiety-producing material is verbalized in an accepting atmosphere. There was a consistent increase in conductance throughout the experiment, which is interpreted as a continuous growth in anxiety regardless of the order of conditions.

Pile, Everett; Mischel, Walter; Bernstein, Lewis

doi: 10.1037/h0044299pmid: N/A

Piotrowski's assumption (see ^W24:^n 5875) that the less acceptable behavior is to the TAT narrator the more he will attribute it to TAT figures dissimilar to himself in age and sex was tested by having needs attributed to all the TAT figures. None of the correlations was significant. Length of hospitalization, however, seemed to be a significant variable.

Liverant, Shephard

doi: 10.1037/h0048657pmid: N/A

The MMPI scales strongly supported the clinical impression that both fathers and mothers of disturbed children are significantly more maladjusted than the fathers and mothers of nondisturbed children. The study failed to establish definitive relationships between parental pathology and the kinds of behavior problems exhibited by their children. The mothers of the schizophrenic and neurotic children showed less disturbance on the MMPI than the mothers of acting-out and physically complaining children. There is a tendency for the parents of the schizophrenic and neurotic children to have a somewhat higher socioeconomic status than the parents of the other groups. Relating MMPI syndromes to various behavior problems met with failure.