The development of functional dependency in functionally independent aged in a community was observed by Public Health Nurses over a period of five years. Among the 138 survivors observed for five years the emergence of functional dependency was slow. The five-year risk of becoming functionally dependent was highest in Self-Care. (Author)

This study explored a context-embedded concept of politeness in a discussion-type, multicultural university classroom. The graduate-level class, Language Planning, had 33 students from a variety of cultural backgrounds. Looking below the surface of specific classroom incidents, situated on the politeness-impoliteness continuum, the research…

The relationship of scores on a measure of moral reasoning to the perceived relative importance of statements of value that M. Rokeach (1973) conceptualized as being instrumental (states of being) or terminal (end states of existence) was studied with 66 undergraduate students. The pattern of relationships between the scores and the relative…

This study examined the reliability and validity of the Application of Cognitive Functions Scale (ACFS) (C. Lidz and R. Jepsen, 1997) Behavior Observation Rating Scale. The study involved observational ratings of 25 participants who were enrolled in a preschool for children with developmental disabilities. Validity was investigated by determining…

Although the effect of perfectionism on academic performance has received increasing attention in recent years, little has been written about the ways it affects career development. Combined with increasing pressures to succeed at the workplace, perfectionism may adversely affect individuals sense of accomplishment and their actual achievements.…

Suggests do's, don'ts, and maybe's for the wives of superintendents who must acquire the finesse to live with what often appears to be contradictory and clashing sets of values and points of view. (Author/WM)

Two hundred twenty-one predominantly adolescent institutionalized retarded residents, classified as hyperactive, were compared on 15 variables to a matched group classified as nonhyperactive. (Author/MC)

It is maintained that two weaknesses of current theories on etiology of learning disabilities are reliance on a single-cause model and assumption of a child's deficit; advanced is the explanation that defensive hyperactivity is a coping device of children who are anxious about forming relationships with others, particularly adults. (MC)

A random sample of university students was interviewed concerning illicit psychotropic drug use and administered the Personality Research Form. Univariate and multivariate analyses strongly supported the hypothesis that nonusers, moderate users, and heavy users of illicit drugs differ in personality characteristics. (Author)

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of competition on the level of schizophrenic thought disorder by having groups of schizophrenics perform a task under competitive and noncompetitive conditions. (Author)

The purpose of the present study was to investigate how two language variables--affective content and contextual constraint--might contribute to language disturbance in schizophrenia. (Author)

Two major forms of contemporary student alienation are identified: a retreatist passive form termed psychological alienation,'' and an active radical form termed active political alienation.'' (Author)

The voices of school are the voices of people experiencing that special balance between autonomy and conformity. Author considers the need for autonomy and privacy in education. (Author/RK)