Discussed a treatment program for drug addicts and evaluated the frequently unsophisticated approach to drug abuse problem solving. (RK)

Using a framework drawn from recent social psychological work on shame and related feelings, this study collected qualitative data from twelve college students. Findings indicate that negative emotions play a role in peer influence, particularly feelings of inadequacy and isolation, as well as feeling ridiculed, all of which are indicative of…

Describes a life change event scale which was administered to 207 boys and girls aged 11-18. Discusses subjects' responses in order to assess how adolescents rate life change events in terms of stress. (Author/RH)

Examined behaviors of 66 hospitalized adolescents following release from acute-care hospitals. Used the Hospital Self-Report Instrument to record positive and negative experiences while hospitalized. Respondents reported statements of personal learning and benefit from being alone and inactive while hospitalized. Discusses developmental aspects in…

Charts the phases of denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance, and hope in a rural work-study program for disadvantaged youth that lost its funding. An overview of national studies and reports on client terminations and program terminations is outlined. Closure-oriented tasks for the practitioner and implications for program…

Describes a modification of Jacobson's Progressive Relaxation Technique. This adaption was designed to suit the therapeutic needs of acting out adolescents (ranging in age from 12 to 16) who are confined to a residential facility (shelter) attached to a Family Court. (Editor/RK)

Five styles of coping with close interpersonal relationships during young adulthood were assessed for 60 college men and related to measures of conceptualization level and articulation of feelings in subjects' thematic apperception test stories. Intimacy with others was associated with openness to and ability to conceptualize affective experience…