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The scores of 40 hospitalized male coronary heart disease (CHD) patients for seven traditionally employed physical CHD risk factors, were subjected to a confirmatory factor analysis that employed a LISREL program. An attempt was made to confirm a two-factor solution that involved family attempt was made to confirm a two-factor solution that involved family history as one factor, and smoking, serum cholesterol level, blood pressure, physical exercise, diet, and weight control as the second. The obtained goodness-of-fit index (.84) suggests that the two-factor solution is a moderately valid one. These findings raise the question whether many of the physical risk factors for CHD simply may be manifestations of a single behavioral characteristic, perhaps best described as ‘lack of self-control.’ [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Scores of 40 hospitalized CHD patients on 11 Type A-related and 7 physical CHD risk factors were compared to those of 40 hospitalized non-CHD patients. Family history for CHD was the only physical risk factor for which a significant difference was found, CHD patients scored significantly higher on all seven interview-measured Type A and Type A subcomponent variables. Only two of the four Jenkins Activity Survey-measured Type A variables produced significant differences, with one higher for non-CHD subjects. It was concluded that some CHD risk scores also may be associated with other diseases, to the experience of being seriously ill, and/or to the experience of hospitalization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article focuses on the field of clinical psychology. The history of clinical psychology, including its emergence during and immediately after World War II, is a familiar story. Diploma mills are not a new problem for psychology, but the number of such institutions continues to increase. Each of the major health professions in this country has undergone one major evaluation and upgrading during its lifetime. In medicine, this occurred between 1910 and 1920. Many psychologists fail to appreciate the negative repercussions of being the only profession in the health service arena that does not require graduation from an accredited training program for entry into practice.

The article reports that a child's refusal to emit appropriate consummatory responses can constitute an important medical-psychological problem. Such problems are extremely prevalent, and almost no family has been without the experience of having a child who refuses to accept oral medication, drink his walk, or eat his spinach. However, these problems can also be crucial or even lethal under certain circumstances. For instance, when prolonged and continuing media cation is necessary, the oral route is always preferable and sometimes essential.

The article assesses the reliability of process ratings of psychotherapy with children. Videotape segments of the psychotherapeutic activity of 16 therapists during 32 separate sessions with children were rated for accurate empathy (AE), non-possessive warmth (NPW), and genuineness (GEN). The average interrater reliabilities of these ratings were estimated and found to be .72 for AE, .52 for NPW and .34 for GEN. Though moderate, these values were interpreted as a support for the hypothesis that reliable ratings of AE and NPW can be obtained for psychotherapeutic activity with children.