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Data for the study were obtained in three ways: (1) initial questionnaire to obtain indices of intra-personal characteristics; (2) a similar follow-up questionnaire seven months after the initial questionnaire; and, (3) records of interactions between change agency personnel and staff in the 103 participating programs. Six intra-personal subsystem scores were derived from the 26 intrapersonal characteristics using a priori subsystem assignment based on Paisley's (1973) model of the change process. Multiple regression analyses yielded no substantial predictive relationships for either of the two research questions. Cross-validation analyses on the regression analyses indicated substantial shrinkage in already inconsequential predictive power. Possible explanations for the lack of predictive relationships are discussed. 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