While the sexual abuse of children and its possible sequelae are major societal issues, there has been a scarcity of data in the literature concerning the relationship between religion and incest. This exploratory study researched an aspect of that relationship: whether adult women survivors of childhood incest, perpetrated by a father-figure, have a more negative view of God, compared to adult women who were not sexually molested. The methodology used was a survey of incest survivors and matched comparison subjects. The results indicated that there was a significant difference between how the women survivors of father-figure incest and the non-abused women in the comparison group viewed God.

Counselor trainees identified factors they believed to be relevant to their willingness to disclose mistakes in clinical supervision. Qualities related to the supervisory relationship, in particular a feeling of mutuality, were found to be most important. Two measures developed by the Stone Center indicated a significant relationship between self-disclosure and perceptions of mutual empathy and mutual empowerment. The study was conducted with 75 pastoral counseling students who reported high levels of both mutuality and self-disclosure in their supervisory relationships. This finding contrasts with previous research on other trainee populations. Participants were from two different types of counseling programs, but results related to mutuality and the supervi-

The purpose of this study was to explore the validity, reliability, and generalizability of the Vedic Personality Inventory which consists of constructs derived from the Vedic literature of India. There were 57 participants (20 men, 37 women). The mean age was 44.3 yr. (SD= 15.1). The sample was predominantly older, well-educated women who volunteered to participate as respondees to invitations to participate posted in supermarkets, churches, colleges, and on the internet. Analysis yielded statistically significant correlations for scores on the Vedic Personality Inventory and on the Daily Spiritual Experiences Scale and the Brief Symptom Inventory, each of which measures domains of interest addressed by the first inventory.

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