There, undoubtedly, will be a flurry of research activity in the "Superstorm" Sandy impact area on a myriad of disaster-related topics, across academic disciplines. The purpose of this study was to review the disaster research related specifically to hurricanes in the educational and social sciences that would best serve as a compendium…

Identifies significant limitations found in research on smoking behavior including the lack of common definitions of various behaviors, honesty of subject response, the lack of prospective studies, and the preponderance of univariate types of analyses. Presented at the 10th International Conference on Health Education in London, September 1979.…

Reviews the major methods of investigation used in cerebral hemispheric research, considers some of the important conceptual issues confronting contemporary cerebral laterality research, examines the possible role of interhemispheric cooperation in complex cognitive activities, and discusses implications for instructional research and development.…

A careful review of methodological principles provides a reasonable framework for beginning to sort out the apparently contradictory studies of the psychological consequences of natural disasters. (Author)

Surveys the long-standing, diversified tradition of European research on text and discourse and cites the main sources and overview works in the field. (FL)

Reviews the early history of home economics education research (1930s to 1960s), summarizes current research efforts of the 1970s and 1980s, and offers suggestions for future research. (SK)

Examines the research literature concerned with the effectiveness of utilizing preset, explicit time limits in therapy. For better adjusted clients and certain counseling goals, time limited therapy (TLT) is as effective as time unlimited therapy (TUT), and provides satisfactory service and saves agency time. (Author)

This review of the six stages of development of home management research and of changes in methodology and researcher qualifications illustrates increasing sophistication in research design and technique. (SK)

Robert L. Stevenson recently described the problems facing international communications researchers: the field has no common focal variable, no common method, and no common literature--despite this, he professed pleasure at the state of the field. This paper takes Stevenson as a starting point to analyze international communications through a case…

An analysis of consumer, consumption, and family economics/household management research published in four journals from 1972-82 reveals a fairly even distribution of articles across the topic areas. The majority of the studies used survey methodology and multiple regression analysis. (SK)

This review focuses on both published and unpublished literature in the areas of education, employment, and independent living outcomes across 13 handicapping conditions. Preliminary chapters describe the database system used to manage the literature identified, and discuss research methods in transition literature. Subsequent chapters then review…

Principals' behaviors and the reasons for and consequences of their behavior are the focuses of this review of major published empirical research on public school principals. Appended to the paper is a 70-page bibliography of doctoral dissertations, conference papers, and other writings on the principalship that were not reviewed. The author first…

To examine the theoretical status of ethics scholarship and to explore the historical and present directions of ethics in human communication research, this paper reviews more than 100 articles drawn from the speech communication literature. Following a brief introduction that sets forth the criteria for article selection, the paper discusses…

Family relations research in the areas of family formation, premarital sexuality, mate selection, marital satisfaction, parenthood, and midlife transitions is examined and imperatives for future research are outlined. (SK)

Considers three areas of research in which currently accepted research practices are contrasted with alternative practices in order to establish the validity of the incumbent and/or the value of the newer approach. Implications for appropriate research methodology in counseling psychology are discussed. (Author/RC)