This paper reported results from a qualitative analysis of assets and supports disclosed in the narratives of adult basic education students. These students were identified as exemplary by their instructors for academic achievement, hours of program attendance, or community service. Themes were identified using the "Four Pillars"…

Reviews concerns that college students expressed about sibling relationships in open-ended questions submitted for class discussions. Some questions suggested the relevance of quasi-parental role performance, and others suggested the effect of subgroup and gang formation on family power distribution in the family. (JAC)

Notes that close friends of someone who dies grieve and mourn as much as do family members, yet tend to be excluded from legitimate and open grief and mourning rituals. Argues that close friends are denied grief rights to prevent them from exercising their property rights, allowing family members to make claims unimpeded. (Author/NB)

Grandparenting and grandparents themselves come in many guises--young and full of vigor, old and ailing, filled with joy or burdened with concerns. For the first time in history a large number of grandparents are living long enough to get to know their grandchildren. Grandparents today are diverse in culture, financial status, health, emotional…

Discusses religious and family loyalties and their relationship to behavioral motivation. Focuses on the significance of religious loyalities for the clinician as well as the client, and points out the need to demystify religion and religious experience. (JAC)

Through anecdotal accounts, (1) describes variations in the interdependencies between and among members of lower class Black urban families and (2) discusses how divergent styles of interpersonal relationships are reflected in the mutual aid system of the families. Identifies economic factors as of prime importance in determining interaction…

Presents emotional abuse as insidious problem. Offers research literature to support serious nature of effects of such abuse on victims. Explores subcategories of child, adolescent, and spouse abuse. Considers status of emotional abuse as legal issue and discusses difficulty of attempting prosecution of abusers. Reviews identification and…

Drawing upon principles of formal demography, establishes the mathematical relationship between two generations' perspectives on informal intergenerational transfers. Considers importance of generational perspective with regard to prevalence estimates of intrafamily transfers. Transfers examined include coresidence, household and financial…

This document is a report on a resolution recommending that states develop and adopt a Uniform Grandparent's Visitation Act which would allow grandparents to petition state courts for the right to visit their grandchildren after the dissolution of the grandchildren's parents' marriage (by divorce, separation, or death). The resolution calls for…

Discusses anorexia nervosa in terms of symptoms, characteristics of patients, family relationship, and modes of treatment. Suggests that a combination of psychological and medical treatment is more effective than behavior modification. (JAC)

Presents criteria for judging sexual health of families, based on ecosystemic model of family sexuality that emphasizes dialectical balance among certain influential family interaction variables. Concludes that professionals need to be able to help family members work toward positive expressions of sexuality as well as avoid sex-related problems.…

Presents log-linear methods for ordinal data, known as association models, which take ordinality of variables into account and provide flexible and parsimonious modeling tool to study family behavior and interaction. Explains uniform association model and applies it to nationally representative data to examine how ordinal scale of marital…

Traces evolution of codependency construct. Examines codependency from perspective of researchers who have found little empirical support for constellation of characteristics used to define term and from perspective of feminist analysis. Analyzes assumptions about health and relationships embedded in concept of codependency and contends that…

Presents a theoretical approach to the specific issue of the impact of courtship for remarriage on postmarital family reorganization, based upon existing theory and research. Several propositions for empirical testing derived from the theoretical argument are presented and discussed in relation to each of five subsystems within the reorganizing…

Assesses family development and life course approaches for studying family change. Discusses selected studies which illustrate the central research concerns that emerge within the two frameworks. Explores a range of current issues that may be examined effectively from family development and life course perspectives. (Author/ABL)