This study examined the relationship of perfectionism with measures of achievement and achievement motivation and mental health aspects of depression and self-esteem in high school students. Participants were 123 tenth-through twelfth-grade students. Results of multiple regression analyses indicated that students'personal standards were significant predictors of academic achievement. Students' personal standards also significantly predicted achievement motivation. Analyses of the relationship between perfectionism and depression and self-esteem found that as students' personal standards increased, their levels of depression decreased and self-esteem increased. Furthermore, when students experienced a discrepancy between their personal standards and actual performance, their depression levels increased and self-esteem decreased.

The effects of incarceration can have negative effects on the entire family as well as marital relationship. The problems caused by incarceration are often insidious and difficult to resolve. A marital enrichment intervention, the Relationship Enhancement(r) (RE) Program, had positive outcome on married couples in which the husband was incarcerated. The implementation of the RE Program is discussed and the reactions of the prisoners and their wives at a federal prison camp are given.

Twenty years of outcome research conducted on Relationship Enhancement (RE) couples and family therapy are reviewed. Studies testing RE with premarital and marital couples as well as special populations are included. Effect sizes are included to provide further information on the comparison of treatment to control groups. Implications for practitioners and research are discussed.

Contemporary demographics reveal that the Asian Population is the fastest growing minority in the U.S. Thus, vocational rehabilitation counselors must be prepared to face cultural dynamics that can influence outcomes in the treatment process. While many people may view Asians as a homogenous population, people who are of Asian descent come from many places including, but not limited to Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, Vietnam and Asian/Pacific Islander population. The present study provides information about the Asian culture relative to people with disabilities and seeks to give clinicians more tools to apply when working with people who are of Asian descent. Asians represent 4.8% of the civilian non-institutionalized population. Since the Asian/Pacific Islander population is a large racial ethnic group in the U.S., it is important to understand how vocational rehabilitation counselors educate them to live in their new land.