A behavior problem checklist was administered to the teachers of six to eight year old children. Eight factors were identified as Hyperactivity, Disciplinary Problems, Sluggishness, Paranoiac Tendencies, Social Withdrawal, Acting Out, Speech Problems; and Antisocial Tendencies. Three second order factors were identified as Neutroticism,…

This article deals with the description and use of a referral form for the behaviorally-oriented school psychologist in the elementary school. The advantages of using performance related descriptions of school problems are dealt with as well as the sequence of training necessary to use this type of form. (Author)

Thirty items designed to measure behavior in the six areas described by Jahoda as comprising positive mental health were administered. The data contraindicate the hypothesis that positive mental health is a unitary factor. (Author)

The author suggests that human beings could eliminate their usual feelings of disturbance and upsetness and retain their appropriate feelings of disappointment and annoyance if they stop demanding and awfulizing" reality and dictating that it be other than it indubitably is. (Author/CG)

Author examines change in social attitudes, not so much toward engaging in deviant sex practices as in accepting them. He feels that while such practices between consenting adults, performed in private, should not be subject to legal scrutiny, neither should they be institutionalized lest they further destroy the concept of family. Presented at…

This study reflects the findings of previous studies as reported in the literature. This paper establishes a signi6931nt 496f5r5nce between males and females as to reasons for smoking. Males start because their parents smoke or their siblings smoke. That which most effectively deters them is a concern for health. Females are more open to…

Fading allows counselors to assist children in acquiring, with minimal frustration and errors, independent behavior at an age earlier than previously thought possible. Beginning responsibility training at an early age will enhance the development of the pupil's capacity for self direction and will increase decision making skills. (Author)

In two sessions, the duration and tempo of toy play of infants and reaction of frustration were measured. Correlations indicated a general relationship between response persistence during play and attempts to escape frustrating situations. (Author/CM)

Children (N=64) in a fourth-grade class were given 20 tokens for drawing a picture and then had the option of donating any or all of the tokens to either "needy children" or for "a class prize." Sharing with needy children was positively correlated with self-esteem. (Author)

Research findings suggest that behavioral feedback is rated by group members as more effective than interpretive or mixed feedback. (Author)

Three relatively long-term observational studies, involving seven retarded preschool children, each of whom exhibited multiple stereotypes, were conducted to determine the extent to which the type of activity or setting had any effect upon the rates of stereotyped movements. (Author)

The conjugate lateral eye movement phenomenon was investigated for 52 children aged 2 through 10 using both spatial and verbal-analytic questions. The phenomenon was observed in 50 subjects and appeared well-established by age 3 1/2. Some interesting developmental findings and discrepancies with the results of adult studies are noted. (Author/SJL)