Investigated alienation by administering Dean Alienation Scale to 157 incarcerated and 1,318 nonincarcerated adolescents. Found that incarcerated adolescents had significantly higher levels of total alienation, isolation, and powerlessness. Given high recidivism rates, results suggest reduction of both alienation and rejection of societal norms…

Administered Value History Questionnaire to 170 teenagers and 170 adults to determine their wishes for future care. Results indicated that respondents definitely wanted to know truth about their health care and wanted to participate in decision making, even while dying. Majority did not want to be maintained indefinitely on life-support systems.…

Tests the proposition that self-reliance promotes a sense of well-being among adolescents. Results support the proposition that students enrolled in tracks where close supervision is kept to a minimum and the exercise of initiative is emphasized tended to exhibit lower levels of fatalism. (Author/ABB)

Shift and stability of locus of control were examined in a sample of 84 adolescent students, using the Delta questionnaire. Data were analyzed using locus of control as the dependent variable. Independent variables were sex, type of locus of control, and school achievement. Overall findings indicate adolescence is a period of relative stability of…

The ability of measures of perceived competence, control, and autonomy support to predict self-worth and academic performance was studied across groups of high school students. Stepwise regression analyses indicate these variables in model predict self-worth and grade point average. In addition, levels of school status and depression predict…

Study supported by grants from The National Institute of Mental Health (4 F1 MH-23, 327-02;1 RO3 MH 13029-01) and The National Science Foundation (GS-790).

Surveyed 186 college students to determine their views of the key indicators of having left home. Data suggested that the most important indicator of parent-adolescent separation was establishing more personal control. Economic independence and other modes of home leaving were rated similarly by males and females. (JAC)

In residential treatment programs, involving the parents in dealing with program "crises" allows one to see firsthand how the family interacts under conditions of stress and permits systematic interventions into this system. (Author)

Assessed adolescent females' perceptions of control over acquisition of a sexually transmitted disease (STD) and its emotional impact. No differences were found in coping strategies by age group or STD history. Subjects used numerous coping strategies--those viewing the future acquisition of a STD more negatively used more strategies. (RJM)

Literature review on social impact of high school revealed six themes which suggest that high school students have limited opportunities for flexible self-definition. It appeared that, as a result of treatment by authority figures and strong pressures toward conformity, many adolescents failed to learn extent of their rights or effective…