(Am J Public Health 1987; 77:674-678.)

These results suggest that institutional factors, such as access to treatment, do not explain survival differences by race or SES. Other factors associated with low SES, such as life-style and behavior, may affect survival.

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There is some question as to the usefulness of Etzioni's typological theory of compliance in organizational research. This study with a sample of 265 blueand white-collar workers in six organizations tests propositions from the theory concerning relationships between power used by organizations, commitment of workers to the organization and task performance. The results cast doubt on the usefulness of a classification scheme using concrete organizational types, but support the proposition that the more normative (less utilitarian) the power, the greater the commitment. Little or no relationship was found between power and task performance or commitment and task performance.

The traditional quality of life (Q of L) model with objective indicators of life situations and satisfactions with these situations was expanded to include a third domain-adaptation-of self-esteem, affect states, and daily behavior. Interviews with 220 individuals who had two or more discharges from mental hospitals and who were living in the community provided data for this discussion of the threepart model. In the model, objective life situations were not associated with satisfaction and adaptation but satisfaction and adaptation were highly correlated. The threepart model will be useful in explaining the Q of L of community-based mentally ill and in evaluating community-based programs that purport to change their Q of L