The scope and standards of preparation in psychology for school counselors.

"This report asserts that psychology is central to the training of school counselors. The recommendations are designed to be guidelines for colleges of education, psychology departments, school systems, state departments of public instruction, the United States Office of Education and professional associations interested in the training and professional development of school counselors." The major sections are: Principles Relevant to Professional Preparation of the School Counselor and to His Effective Functioning, Content Areas in the Field of Psychology, Implications of the Report, and Pertinent Reports and Publications. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Correlates of employee reactions to performance appraisals and appraisal systems.

474 exempt employees in a research and development organization were surveyed regarding their opinions and perceptions of the appraisal process. After controlling for perceived favorability of the appraisal via multiple regression, Ss' opinions of the appraisal and appraisal system were positive to the extent they believed that (a) there was an opportunity to state their own side of the issues, (b) the factors on which they were evaluated were job relevant, and (c) objectives and plans were discussed. Contrary to predictions, reports of goal setting and discussion of plans and objectives did not moderate the relationship between perceived favorability of the appraisal and the opinions of the appraisal. (10 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Self-esteem as a moderator of the relationship between scientific interests and the job satisfaction of physicists and engineers.

A study with 121 engineers and 93 physicists tested the prediction that interests in science, as measured with the Strong Vocational Interest Blank for men, would be positively related to intrinsic satisfaction for high-self-esteem physicists and engineers but would be unrelated for low-self-esteem physicists and engineers. The predictions were confirmed for the sample of physicists to the extent that high-self-esteem Ss showed a significant correlation between interests and intrinsic satisfaction, but low-self-esteem Ss showed a nonsignificant correlation. Because the difference in correlations was nonsignificant, it could not be concluded that self-esteem was a moderator in the case of the physicists. Self-esteem did moderate the relationship between interests in science and both extrinsic and intrinsic satisfaction for engineers, but the correlations were in a direction opposite to those predicted. (15 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)