This study showed that it was possible to predict the rehabilitation of socially maladjusted boys with 75 percent accuracy. (Author)

The author explains cigarette smoking as a coping behavior and believes that a healthier coping activity needs to be substituted. Methods for educating the young in health matters, including cigarettes, are explained. (BY)

The author discusses an experimental revision of the Bristol Social Adjustment Guides, a classification of maladjusted behavior in the early 195o,s. (Author)

Results indicate that maladjusted adolescent males lack significant relationships with a father figure. This extends to males in general. They disclose less about school-related topics and more about peer relationships than do adjusted male adolescents. (Author/BEF)

This paper reviews the concept of adaptive behavior, the etiology of maladaptive behavioral patterns in learning-disabled individuals, and age-related trends in life adjustment. It advocates the use of adaptive behavior measures to identify homogeneous subtypes of learning disabilities, to predict educational consequences, and to determine…

Techniques are presented for interrupting and dealing with patterned irresponsible behaviors. A preface reviews the authors' journeys in working out this approach. A method for creating responsibility and accountability where it was not previously expressed is presented in six short chapters, titled: (1) "'Madness' Defined"; (2) "Working with the…

Fifty-eight adolescents with behavior problems were contrasted with normal controls with the Self-Social Symbols Tasks. The maladjusted group was higher in egocentricity, lower in esteem, social interest, individuation, and on measures of identification. (Author)

Reviews literature on effects of early maladjustment on later behavior problems. Discusses development as transactional process in which risk and resilience are central, a cumulative risk model of behavior problems as resulting from a variety of factors, and longitudinal research that focuses on externalizing behaviors. Concludes predictive power…

Evaluated was the relationship of the personal and marital adjustment of 31 sets of parents to their own behavior as parents and the behavior problems of their children (mean age 7.7 years). Families who had been referred for behavioral counseling regarding child problems were given a diagnostic battery which included home observations as well as…

A study of claims resulting from suicidal acts reveals that included in the indicated work conditions were sudden changes in organization, conflict of loyalties resulting from work change, reactions to pain and suffering following a physical work injury, and the economic and status deprivation resulting from disability and unemployment. (Author)

This review examines signs indicating a child is reacting to a former traumatogenic event. Posttraumatic stress disorder, as defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-III, Revised, can result when children are refugees, children of war, immigrants, migrants from a different environment, or when children have experienced a major trauma.…

Three areas of research have supported the conceptual relevance of Reduced Environmental Stimulation (RES) techniques in the management of psychological dependencies. First, preliminary studies through the late l960's indicated that relatively short periods of RES had a facilitative effect on the type of subject who might be most vulnerable to…

Logistic regression analyses were used to establish the most robust set of risk factors that would best predict borderline/clinical levels of problem behavior (i.e., a t score at or above 60 on the Child Behavior Checklist Total Problem scale) of kindergarten and first-grade children at risk for emotional and behavioral disorders. Results showed…