This issue of the Journal of Youth and Adolescence is devoted to techniques for measuring adolescents' self-reported feelings and behaviors. The methods presented are paper-and pencil self-reports of the standard questionnaire type; and involve mental health, self concept or self image, affective feelings, and typical daily behavior. (Author/GDC)

This study examined the factors associated with resistance to peer pressure toward antisocial behaviors among a sample of Mexican-origin adolescents (n=564) living in a large Southwestern city in the U.S. A model examining the influence of generational status, emotional autonomy from parents, and self-esteem on resistance to peer pressure was…

College students were tested on Hogan's Survey of Ethical Attitudes, Rest's Defining Issues Test, Collins' revision of Rotter's Internal-External Scale, and Snyder's Self-Monitoring Scale. Subjects who endorsed personal conscience showed greater maturity in moral reasoning. The subjects who advocated social responsibility tended to show more…

An heuristic method for constructing affective tests emphasizes a set of key questions which are used to define an affective construct, decide on a measurement procedure, and develop a framework on which to base items. Affective tests should be based upon prior specifications of constructs, and then manipulated empirically. (Author/MV)

Based on the theories of Murstein and Reiss, this study found significant relationships between physical attractiveness, need for intimacy, self-disclosure, thought about one's dating partner, and reported romantic love. Data were collected for 656 college students. Sex differences and comparisons of dating relationships of varying duration were…

The predictive utility of measures of family connectedness and individuality differentiating among diffusion, foreclosure, moratorium, and identity achievement status was examined. Data were obtained from college freshmen and their parents on perceptions of independence, communication, and emotional affection. (DWH)

The intensity of 89 first-year college students' (59 percent females) attachment to parents at transition to college was studied. Parental attachment decreased during the first semester for residential students and not for commuter students. Maternal attachment was significantly higher for females than for males. Other gender differences are…

The nature and quality of adolescents' (n=213) attachments to peers and parents were assessed. The relative influence on measures of self-esteem and life satisfaction of relations with peers and with parents was investigated in a hierarchical regression model. (Author/PN)