Studied mentoring relationships for 205 female retail proteges in cross- and same-sex mentoring relationships. Found no significant differences between groups on mentor and protege age differences, protege career level at relationship onset, company affiliation, mentor characteristics, benefits derived, problems reported, duration of relationship,…

The wishes of 403 normal boys and girls ages 10 to ll were compared with the wishes of 139 boys and girls who were seen by a psychiatrist. Significant differences between the wishes of the two groups, as well as between normal boys and girls, were found. (MP)

Preference for novelty, as measured with an exploratory behavior paradigm, was compared in 8-month-old full-term and preterm infants of matched conceptional age. Subjects were 64 infants, 32 full term and 32 preterm, with 16 males and 16 females in each group. (Author/JH)

Survey on salary expectations found that what students expected as a starting salary was significantly higher than actual starting salary. Freshmen expected a higher salary than sophomores did. There was no significant correlation between age and salary expectations, although students with higher GPA's had higher expectations. Gender did not have…

This paper reports the results of meta-analysis of the literature addressing the effects of father-absence on both male and female sex-role development. Considering both published and unpublished papers, the analysis involved 33 studies of males and 16 studies of females which become available between 1958 and 1982 and which studied father-absence…

This paper describes a study of 639 advertisements in the personals section of one newspaper in order to compare what females and males include in these advertisements. Results indicated that most advertisers described themselves rather than the person they would like to meet but that some differences did occur between male and female generated…

This study explored homosexual and heterosexual friend and love relationships as measured by Wright's (1984) Acquaintance Description Form-Final (ADF-F). It was hypothesized that homosexual relationships would vary from heterosexual relationships on certain aspects of the relationships. Homosexual subjects (N=78) responded toward a target person…

Comparison of steroid-free male and female bodybuilders with sedentary controls and runners revealed that the bodybuilders had lower percentages of body fat. One-third of the female bodybuilders reported menstrual abnormalities. Lipid values of bodybuilders were comparable to a group of lean, aerobically trained athletes. (Author/CB)

Results show the suicide rate for whites in five southwestern states was one-fourth higher than for whites nationally. Suicide rates for the two ethnic groups, however, showed the rate for Hispanics to be less than the white national rate and one-half that of geographically similar Anglos. (Author/BL)

Findings indicated that girls were significiantly more proficient in english than boys after 12 years of public school. (Authors)

Males and females participated in a coalition formation procedure by interacting with a computer program that simulated a pachisi game situation. Female partner preference data supported a weighted probability model of coalition formation over a bargaining theory. Male partner preference data did not support either theory. (Author)

To investigate developmental changes across age and sex in acquisition of form discrimination, 40 children aged 3 and 4 were presented with a rotated, letter-like form discrimination matching task. (JC)

Results from administration of a standardized children's self-concept scale showed that 37 siblings (aged 7-14) of handicapped children did not differ from 37 children without handicapped siblings. Some children in both groups had poor self-concept scores, and some gender differences were identified. (Author/JDD)

Examined data from national stratified probability sample in which divorced and widowed, particularly divorced and widowed men, were oversampled. Compared to married and, to lesser extent never married, psychological well-being of divorced and widowed was poor. Psychological well-being of divorced males, divorced females, and widowed females was…