The data support the clinical effectiveness of HT in health enhancement, specifically for raising sIgA concentrations, lowering stress perceptions and relieving pain. The evidence indicates that positive responses were not exclusively as a result of placebo, that is, client beliefs, expectations, and behaviors regarding HT.

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We investigated faculty and graduate students' judgments about mentoring women in academia. Overall ratings of important characteristics of mentors were similar to those reported in empirical and descriptive literature. Differences in the women's ratings were not related to demographic characteristics. However, women who were seeking mentors, had mentors, or had been mentors for others, did have different evaluations of this relationship.

The structure of social interaction within four therapy groups was analyzed in terms of the conditional responding of the participants. Structure was measured in terms of the randomness and the patterning of the group members' interactions. It was proposed that groups' interactions would show increasing structure and decreasing randomness across sessions, reflecting a transition from "forming" and "storming" to "norming" and "performing." Within and across groups, no consistent pattern of therapy group development was found. Each group remained fairly unstructured across its group sessions. Group leader and group member dominance within the groups suggested that (a) the frequency with which group members spoke was inversely related to their actual or achieved dominance in the group and (b) the achieved dominance of the group leaders and the group members was fairly equal across groups and across sessions.

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