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Shickell, Charlyn R. – 1988
As part of a larger research effort, a study was conducted to determine the coping strategies used by families undergoing unemployment. Data were collected from a 95-item questionnaire (developed and tested at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln) that was mailed to 150 persons and/or their spouses who were currently unemployed or had been…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Coping, Dislocated Workers
Download full textLentzner, Harold R.; DeBerry, Marshall M. – 1980
The National Crime Survey measured the occurrence of an estimated 3.8 million violent crimes among intimates, i.e., acquaintances or relatives, during 1973 to 1976, in which three-tenths of the crimes involved persons married or otherwise related to each other. The data collection focused on identification of crime location, time of day or night,…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Crime, Family Problems
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Science and Technology. – 1978
These materials represent the testimony given before the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Scientific Planning, Analysis, and Cooperation in February 1978 on the subject of domestic violence, including issues of battered spouses, family problems, and child abuse. Statements from witnesses appearing before the Subcommittee are provided and…
Descriptors: Adults, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research
Peer reviewedJohnson, Patti L.; O'Leary, K. Daniel – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1996
Examined how spousal behaviors related to global and daily marital satisfaction. Eighty-two couples completed daily checklists of spousal behaviors for seven days using an individualized or a standardized assessment method. Daily behavioral event measures were significantly related to global and daily measures of marital satisfaction,…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Coping, Evaluation
Peer reviewedHagemoser, S. D. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1996
Two levels of education (high school or less, or training beyond high school) and nine content scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 were used to predict employment-related outcomes of 109 blind adults. Education, anger, cynicism, obsessiveness, and family problems were significant predictors of employability. Self-esteem,…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Blindness, Educational Background
Billips, Kathleen; And Others – 1994
Researchers surveyed 78 clients in drug abuse treatment facilities to determine their perceptions regarding factors related to their use and abuse of drugs. About 40% of the sample began using drugs between 11 and 15 years of age. Males tended to begin using drugs at an earlier age than did females. Over 90% of participants reported using drugs…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Adults, Alcohol Abuse
