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The Determinants of Marital Instability: Some Methodological Issues.
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Hanson, Sandra L.; Tuch, Steven A. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1984
Notes the inconsistent findings that characterize research on marital instability and proposes several potential methodological sources of these inconsistencies. Presents an illustrative application to data from two recent national representative probability samples. (JAC)
Descriptors: Etiology, Marital Instability, Models, Predictor Variables
Adult-Child Incest: A Sample of Substantiated Cases.
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Vander Mey, Brenda J.; Neff, Ronald L. – Family Relations, 1984
Describes adult-child incest involving 16 victims. Cases were analyzed and discussed in relationship to previous studies. Emphasis is placed on replicated and newly identified risk factors including alcohol dependency, spouse abuse, other (nonsexual) child abuse or neglect, inadequate housing, social isolation, birth order, and other family…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Abuse, Family Problems, Incest
Some Common Characteristics of Latency-Age Suicidal Children: A Tentative Model Based on Case Study Analyses.
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Orbach, Israel; And Others – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1981
Investigated latency-age children (N=11) who attempted or threatened suicide. Discovered common characteristics including: (1) suicidal parents; (2) a major family crisis; (3) excessive parental demands; (4) lack of satisfying relationships; (5) paradoxical death attitudes; and (6) positive strivings to stay alive. Developed a model for predicting…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Death
SIDS Family Adjustment Scale: A Method of Assessing Family Adjustment to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
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May, Harold J.; Breme, Frederick J. – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1982
Discusses Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and the family's resultant grief process. Explores SIDS as a family crisis, and by identifying the psychological factors or tasks pertinent to family adjustment, proposes a SIDS Family Adjustment Scale which assists in recognizing adaptive and maladaptive grief responses. (Author)
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Crisis Intervention, Death, Emotional Adjustment
The Relevance of the Identification Problem to Statistical Research on Capital Punishment.
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Yunker, James A. – Crime and Delinquency, 1982
Reviews several potential problems that often invalidate statistical tests of social theories. Discusses how there may be very serious identification problems in the estimation of the relationship between executions and homicides, and that serious questions may be raised regarding the validity of any particular estimation of this relationship.…
Descriptors: Capital Punishment, Identification, Information Needs, Models
Approaching Adolescent Suicide: Queries and Signposts.
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Crespi, Tony D. – School Counselor, 1990
Reviews the warning signs of adolescent suicidal behavior and the interview methods that are appropriate for counselors to use in diagnosing suicidal tendencies in adolescents. Reviews questions counselors might ask to explore suicidal potentiality. (TE)
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Clinical Diagnosis, Counseling Techniques
On Making a Difference.
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Slavin, Robert E. – Educational Researcher, 1990
Explores reasons for the tenuous relationship between educational research and educational practice. Suggests changes in research and policy to bring educational research directly to bear on educational problems. The major problem is that researchers are searching for variables that relate to improved outcomes, whereas educational innovators are…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Educational Research, Improvement Programs