Develops a model to predict the contribution adolescent males and females make to household work, based upon family characteristics, human capital of the adolescent, geographic location, and societal expectations. Adolescent females worked longer than males, regardless of birth order. Time use for household work was largely unaffected by family…

Examined whether selected personality and demographic information can be used to predict length of stay of adolescents in inpatient psychiatric program. Data from 140 adolescents revealed that only gender and presence of older sister(s) were significant in prediction of length of stay of inpatient adolescents with elevated scores on…

Tallied graduating college students (N=1,843) who displayed personal adornment in addition to their traditional academic garb. Found that degree conferred, sex of recipient, and year of graduation were related to the frequency and forms (political and nonpolitical) of adornment. Indicated that personalization of graduation attire followed patterns…

Examined parent-child relationships and self-reported delinquent behavior in over 700 adolescents. Indicated that males were more delinquent than females; adolescent gender was not related to strength of parental attachment; both males and females were closer to mother than to father; and closeness to father was the better predictor of delinquent…

Questionnaire responses from parents (N=146) of sixth graders indicated strong support for the inclusion of a broad range of sex education topics including more sensitive topics, regardless of parental age, sex, marital status, income, education, or child's sex. Results suggest that these parents found a broad sex education program in the school…

Investigated factors influencing truancy from a juvenile court treatment facility. Youth placed in the facility were compared for number of truancies, background, and personality variables. Males with prior adjudication for truancy had a 65% probability of eloping from the court facility. Females showed a 62% probability of truancy. Personality…

Examines how family and personal characteristics relate to the employment situation of adolescents (N=995) in Denmark. Results show that parental divorce, parental unemployment (only for males), low parental affective involvement, and adolescent relationship problems were related to youth unemployment, but educational career and work commitment…

Examined patterns of rural adolescent alcohol use and factors associated with such use. Found gender and grade in school to be significant predictors of alcohol use for age at first drink, frequency of drinking, amount of drinking, and a composite heavy drinking index. Time spent in social acitivities was also significant. (Author/ABB)

Surveyed discipline referral forms and records of five residential schools for the deaf. Reading ability followed by hearing loss, age, and sex of the student predicted discipline problems. The "typical problem" student would be a younger male who was a poorer reader and had a less severe hearing loss. (Author/BL)

Purpose of this study was to seek some index which would be useful in identifying those members of the current youth cohort who are most likely to have adopted a new set of attitudes and values, so that social scientists might have a useful tool for further study. (Author/CB)

Surveyed 813 adolescents to examine the relationship between father absence and adolescent drug use and sexual activity. Found that while adolescents were more likely to discuss problems with peers than parents, father absence was related to behavior problems, especially for boys. (JAC)

Used an inventory of coping behaviors to examine how adolescents (N=41) cope with the stress of relocation. The most helpful techniques were establishing friendships, starting over, experiencing loneliness, and maintaining current functioning. Females seemed to use more coping behaviors successfully than males. Age differences were less…

A representative sample of 347 college men and women were queried on their experience with premarital sex. Responses were correlated to subjects' self-reported philosophy of sex, relationship with parents, physical attractiveness, religious feelings, drug use, commitment to last sexual partner, and attitudes toward marriage and women's liberation.…

Examined the relationship of cognitive and personality variables to achievement in 49 Black junior high school students. Results showed a higher achievement motivation for males. Neither personality nor social reinforcement showed much predictive value. The relationship between achievement motive and academic measures was not significant. (JAC)

Explored measuring psychic entropy (loss of motivation, unfocused attention, passivity, bad moods) in junior and senior high school students (N=22) and noted predictability of gender and grade using Psychic Entropy Measure for Adolescents. Found results did not support hypotheses that girls experience greater psychic entropy than boys or that…