A measurement of delinquency differences between a delinquent and nondelinquent sample: what are the implications?

The present study compared 532 adolescents being detained by country juvenile authorities to 354 adolescents attending public school in reference to the volume of delinquent activity committed for a period of one year prior to the survey. Four levels of delinquent activity were developed, ranging from minor offenses such as runaway behavior to serious offenses such as assault. Participants were also compared on how they responded to several Likert-type questions that measured factors associated with the inclination to commit delinquent acts (anomie, social bonding, delinquent peer association, labeling, and self-esteem).

Evaluation status, educational setting, and behavior ratings of students with serious emotional disturbance.

60 students' files were randomly selected from a pool of 308 who were designated as seriously emotionally disturbed by their school districts. Analysis indicated that n = 30 students receiving their initial evaluations were rated more negatively by their special education and homeroom teachers than those 30 being reevaluated. Compared with the 60 special education teachers, more negative ratings were given by the 60 homeroom teachers.

Differences in academic achievement as a function of scores on hemisphericity.

The subjects were 55 undergraduates enrolled in psychology classes and classified by their scores on the Human Information Processing Survey as having preferences of left hemisphericity (n = 17), right (n = 19), and integrated hemisphericity found between left- and right-hemisphericity groups with the left-hemisphericity group obtaining higher course grades.

Agreement between two methods of computing the fractal dimensions of complex figures.

Agreement between two methods of computing the fractal dimensions of complex figures was examined. 16 complex figures were scanned and the fractal dimensions were computed under two conditions. There was no significant difference between the two methods.

Incubation temperature as a modifying factor on survival of Tenebrio molitor reared in selenium-containing media.

Newly emerged Tenebrio molitor were reared at 4, 25, and 37 degrees C in nutrient media supplemented with sodium selenate (0.0125, 0.0200, 0.

Depression and acculturation in Mexican-American women.

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between depression and acculturation in Mexican-American women. For this purpose, two samples of 67 women from social service agencies in Kansas City and 57 college women from South Texas were examined. Pearson product-moment correlations of scores on depression and acculturation suggested a nonsignificant association (-.

Locus of control differences among stress groups.

To assess among 3 groups differing in stress significance of differences in their scores on locus of control scales (Internal, Powerful Others, and Chance), 2 groups of college undergraduates (123 and 160 subjects) were tested. In both samples analysis indicated significant differences among the 3 groups in scores on the Powerful Others and Chance (external) scales, with the severely stressed group scoring higher than the milder stress groups. No significant differences were found on the Internality scale.

Student-Life Stress Inventory: identification of and reactions to stressors.

The purposes of the study were to analyze responses to a stress inventory and assess significance of differences by gender and stress groups on the stressors and reactions to them. The subjects were 290 volunteers who responded to the Student-life Stress Inventory. Analyses showed the inventory is reliable and valid.

Attitudes of registered nurses toward euthanasia.

We sought to identify variables that contribute to euthanasia attitude and behavior, including demographics, death fears, experience with death, attitudes toward patient autonomy, and level of moral development. Subjects were 137 registered nurses from the southeastern United States representing 13 clinical nursing areas. Principal components analysis identified four factors that together explained 62.

Differences between men and women on stress producers and coping strategies.

Differences in stress producers and coping strategies for 158 men and 243 women were investigated. Analyses of participants' responses to a survey on stress showed significant differences between men and women on eight stress producers and on five coping strategies.

Educators' appraisal of their stressors and coping strategies.

An assessment of 188 educators' perceptions of their appraisal of stress producers and coping mechanisms on McWilliams and Schnorr's questionnaire were studied. Subjects identified their stress as mild, moderate, and severe. Analysis of scores identified educators' stressors and coping strategies and showed significant differences among the three stress-level groups on statements about 12 stress producers and 8 coping mechanisms.

How business professionals view their stress.

Differences in stress for business professionals by sex, age, marital status, stress levels, job classification, having children and pets were investigated. Subjects were 80 business professionals who responded to the Tennessee Stress Scale-L inventory which provides three subscales (Stress Producers, Coping Mechanisms, and Stress Symptoms) and Total Stress. Significant differences were found between 40 men and 40 women and among stress level groups on Stress Producers, Stress Symptoms, and Total Stress scores.

Stress as perceived by professionals.

This study investigated differences in stress by sex, levels, age, and job classifications as perceived by 173 professionals. Subjects responded to the Tennessee Stress Scale-L questionnaire which provides measures for the three subscales (Stress Producers, Coping Mechanisms, and Stress Symptoms) and Total Stress. Significant differences were found between sexes and among stress levels, age groups, and job classifications on various subscales and total stress measures.

Differences in comprehension processes as a function of hemisphericity.

Significant differences were found between hemisphericity and cognitive strategies on a comprehensive task. The subjects were 62 undergraduates identified as having preferences of left-hemisphericity, integrated, or right-hemisphericity. The differences were between the reaction times of left- and right-hemisphericity preferences in processing sentences structured as True Negatives and False Negatives.

Peripheral erythrocyte levels, hemolysis and three vanadium compounds.

Three vanadium compounds of different valence states were administered to adult mice. Two, four, and eight days following treatment of vanadium, cardiac blood was collected. The blood sample was used to ascertain the peripheral erythrocyte count (cell/mm3) and to determine the in vitro hemolytic index of erythrocytes obtained from mice treated in vivo with either the tri-, tetra-, or pentavalent vanadium compound.

General education in the professional curriculum: faculty perceptions of contributions.

This study investigated general education contributions to the professional development of majors in five selected health professional disciplines from 114 accredited programs. The findings identified that the most important general education contributions to health professional development, as perceived by faculty, included abilities to communicate verbally and in writing, to solve problems, to understand one's own and others' behavior, and to develop a personal value system. Although health professional faculty reported strong satisfaction with the size, content, and contribution of the general education curriculum, there was little collaborative curriculum planning between faculty in professional and general education programs.

Response to Kirton.

Further comment and analyses of data from 103 alcoholics indicate less internal consistency in alcoholics' responding than in normals, no tendency for innovative alcoholics to engage in more hostile/aggressive behaviors than adaptor alcoholics, and a likelihood that more than three factors for alcoholics would be required to account for variance comparable to that for nonalcoholic persons.

A self-monitoring technique for increasing productivity in multiple media.

During the baseline condition the number of lines written on a word processor and the amount of time spent on studio art were recorded. During Phase I self-recording of the number of lines written were graphed. Additional baseline information was obtained concerning the time spent on studio art.

A factor analysis of the Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory using an alcoholic population.

The present study reports a factor analysis of the Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory using 103 alcoholic men. Kirton in 1976 and we in an unpublished work in 1986 noted identical factor structures when responses from nonalcoholic populations to the inventory were factor analyzed. Recent reviews regarding personality characteristics of alcoholics suggest characteristics similar to the adaption-innovation concepts of Kirton.

Runaways who will run away again ?

The purpose of this study was to determine if there are significant differences between first-time and recidivist runaway residents of a county center for juvenile status offenders. A total of 149 subjects (34 males and 115 females) between the ages of 12 and 16 were administered the Reading section of the High School Personality Questionnaire. Demography data were obtained from each subject's intake interview form.

Relationship of field dependence/independence to adaption-innovation in alcoholics.

Using alcoholics as subjects, the present study attempted a replication of Kirton's 1978 study in which he demonstrated a relationship between his adaption-innovation theory and Witkin's concept of field dependence/independence. Correlations obtained in the present study paralleled those of Kirton. As a group, alcoholics tended to be field-dependent in orientation.

Salmonella in Swine at Slaughter: Incidence and Serovar Distribution at Different Seasons.

Throughout a 1-year period samples were obtained from 874 hogs at slaughter at one local, state-inspected slaughter plant. Caecal contents were the source of the samples. A total of 118 salmonellae was isolated yielding 16 different serovars.