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Older adults experience a variety of cognitive and physical declines as they age. Consequently, these changes can impact mobility and mental health (i.e., depression). Studies have suggested a relationship between driving habits changes (in particular, driving cessation) and depression (Fonda, Wallace & Herzog, 2001; Marottoli et al., 1997). Very little research has been conducted to examine the relationship between depression and other mobility changes in treated and untreated community dwelling older adults. Older drivers who ranged in age from 65 to 91 with a mean age of 73 completed the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) (Radloff, 1977), Life Space Questionnaire (LSQ) (Stalvey, Owlsley, Sloane, and Ball, 1999) and a health questionnaire, including medication usage. Mobility measures used from the LSQ were life space (i.e., have you been to places outside your neighborhood?) and driving space (i.e., have you driven to places outside your neighborhood?). Analyses of covariance revealed that either the presence of depression or the taking of antidepressant medication reduces driving mobility but not life space mobility.

Depression is a disorder that can affect every aspect of one's life, ranging from physical health issues to interpersonal relationship difficulties. Therefore, it is imperative that the depressive symptoms of college students be identified, evaluated, and treated. Self-report measures are a common technique to identify depressive symptomatology in individuals and assist in diagnosis and treatment. Existing measures are often used as a criterion by which to validate the psychometric properties and effectiveness of newly designed, self-report measures. The purpose of this investigation was to explore the concurrent validity of a newly published self-report measure of depression, the Clinical Assessment of Depression (CAD; Bracken & Howell, 2004) with an existing measure, the Beck Depression Inventory-Second Edition (BDI-II; Beck, Steer, & Brown, 1996). The sample used for this investigation consisted of 125 college students (38 males and 87 females) ranging in age from 18 to 52 years. Internal consistencies for the sample were computed for the BDI-II and the CAD and were found to be in the acceptable range with computed coefficient alphas from r - .87 to .97. Significant, moderate to strong positive correlations were found between the CAD total score and the CAD subscales with the BDI-II total score and ranged from .55 to .97. This study also investigated gender differences on both measures. Independent f-tests were computed and found no significant difference between male and female mean scores on either the CAD or the BDI-II. Classification consistency between the CAD diagnosis of depression and the BDI-II diagnosis of depression using the BDI-II as the criterion was 82%. The measures have high consistency when identifying individuals as falling within a clinically significant diagnostic category of depression. Overall, results indicate that the CAD is a valid measure of depressive symptomatology in college students.

According to Higgins's (1987) self-discrepancy theory, an individual's selfesteem is based upon fulfilling one's self-expectations or the expectations of significant others (e.g., spouse or parent). Failure to live up to these expectations results in greater levels of depression, anxiety, and lower self-esteem. Previous research has also found that those low in Snyder and Gangestad's (1986) self-monitoring construct are more influenced by their own expectations, while those high in self-monitoring are more influenced by others' expectations. It was predicted that Christians who are low in self-monitoring will have greater levels of depression and anxiety and lower self-esteem if they fail to fulfill their own religious expectations, whereas Christians who are high in self-monitoring would have greater levels of depression and anxiety and lower self-esteem if they fail to meet the religious expectations of significant others. As predicted, for low self-monitors actuakideal religious self-discrepancies led to increased negative affect, but actuakother discrepancies did not. For high self-monitors, however, neither actuakideal nor actuakother self-discrepancies led to increased negative affect.

This research explored personality correlates of social cohesion. Groups of two were given a task to perform that required cooperation between the two team members. This task exposed each team member to the other's personality. Upon completion of the task, the individual perceptions of social cohesion were assessed by each individual. We hypothesized that extraversion, emotional stability, and agreeableness of one team member will correlate positively with the other team member's perception of social cohesion. These hypotheses were not supported. However an exploratory analysis showed that an individual's level of extraversion and conscientiousness were positively correlated to that same individual's cohesion rating. Additionally, an individual's level of neuroticism was negatively correlated with that same individual's cohesion rating.

The relationship between stress and satisfaction has been well documented. However, little is known about the possible mediating effect that emotional intelligence may have on that relationship. This study addressed the role emotional intelligence plays between stress and satisfaction. By collecting measures of stress, life satisfaction, satisfaction with school, and emotional intelligence, this researcher examined the question "Does emotional intelligence serve as a moderator in the relationship between satisfaction and stress?" Results indicated that, after removing the effects of stress, emotional intelligence and satisfaction demonstrated a positive significant relationship. Emotional intelligence was related to the Big Five factors of Conscientiousness, Extraversion, and Emotional Stability. No relationship was found between stress and life or college satisfaction. The results suggest that if college students can utilize emotional intelligence as a coping mechanism in the college environment, they will experience greater satisfaction that could then lead to a more positive college experience for the student and possibly a decreased rate of attrition for universities.

The purpose of this study was to obtain information that may assist Rape Crisis Center (RCC) volunteer coordinators and executive directors in the recruitment and retention of volunteers. The major hypotheses guiding this study are as follows: (a) the reasons that initially motivated volunteers to volunteer at the RCC will be the same as their reasons for why they are continuing to volunteer at the RCC and (b) volunteers at RCCs continue to volunteer because the perceived costs of volunteering do not exceed the perceived rewards of volunteering. Using a modified version of Black's (1989) questionnaire, respondents were asked to report on several aspects of their volunteer experience such as (a) reasons for volunteering and reasons for remaining a volunteer; (b) the importance of acceptance by other volunteers, staff, and clients; (c) level of satisfaction with their volunteer experience; (d) perceived costs and rewards of volunteering; and (e) demographic characteristics. In support of the first hypothesis, "to help persons in need" had the highest mean score for both the motivations for volunteering and the motivations for continuing to volunteer. Twelve out of the fourteen reasons that initially motivated volunteers to volunteer at the RCC were the same reasons for why they continue to volunteer at the RCC. Contrary to expectations of the second hypothesis, an independent samples t test revealed that length of volunteer service at the agency was not significantly affected by the perceived rewards and costs of volunteering. Rather, the decision to continue to volunteer at the program was tied to a desire to support issues of the women's movement, a desire to stop the problem of rape, and due to a research interest. Limitations of the current study and directions for future research are also discussed.

The present study compares presenting levels of psychological distress at a university counseling center and a community mental health center. The Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) was completed by clients at intake, and the results were subjected to statistical analysis. A significant difference was found between the two service units on the Global Symptom Index and all nine scales of the BSI. There were no gender differences in overall levels of psychological distress; however, a difference was found on the interpersonal hostility scale. Implications of the study, as well as limitations and suggestions for future research, are discussed.

Although Muscle Dsymorphia (MD) has received more attention in recent years, it still lacks an official classification. The current study incorporates trait anxiety and obsessive-compulsive features into an etiological model of MD in the hopes of establishing them as reliable predictors of such MD symptomatology as drive for muscularity, social physique anxiety, and negative body attitude (self). This model was based upon previous research that has linked trait anxiety and obsessive-compulsive features to eating disorders (ED). In this model, it was predicted that trait anxiety and obsessive-compulsive features would predict overall MD symptomatology, drive for muscularity, social physique anxiety, and body attitude. In all, 87 male participants from a mid-south university completed a demographics survey, the Muscle Dysmorphia Inventory, the Drive for Muscularity Scale, the Male Body Attitudes Scale, the Social Physique Anxiety Scale, an abbreviated version of the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale, and the Speilberger State/Trait Anxiety Scale. Most predictor paths were significant. The results suggest that trait anxiety and obsessive-compulsive features are significant contributors to MD. This study also suggests that future research should conduct a similar study with Anorexia Nervosa (AN) and Bulimia Nervosa (BN) in the place of MD.

The purpose of this study is to detail the availability and use of faith-based mental health services in Fulton County, Georgia. Specifically, this study examines mental health service availability and use patterns that influence African-American's use and with satisfaction with urban mental health services. What emerged from the mixed methods study that consisted of a survey, GIs map, and illustrative case study was a preference for culturally relevant mental health services but a disparity between service availability and accessibility. According to the results from the case study, the first hypothesis supports that consumers (and service providers) in the sample believe that faith-based organizations (FBO's) are more culturally sensitive to their needs. However, the second hypothesis, that FBO's increase access and utilization of mental health services to African American consumers and their families, are equivocal. According to data from the survey and GIs mapping, FBO's provision of mental health services is fragmented within and between FBO's and county-level systems of care. Finally, while GIs analyses confirm that FBO's are geographically closer to each other than local Fulton County mental health service providers; the survey results show that FBO's rarely share resources. FBO's provide referrals to county-level systems of care, but specific numbers of individuals that are referred by the sample population remains unknown. The study concludes with a discussion of the implications for social work policy, practice, and research.