This article is about the ways in which young children engage with technological toys and resources at home and, in particular, the ways in which the family context makes a difference to young children’s engagement with these technologies. The data reviewed come from family interviews and parent-recorded video of four case study children as they…

This study examined the effects of aid from mother and older sibling on the problem-solving behaviors of 120 first graders. Children with older sisters showed more advanced problem solving after aid, while those with older brothers did not. Interpretations in terms of family interaction patterns are offered. (JMB)

A scale is developed by employing a form of item analysis called trace line analysis. Statistically significant associations with variables expected to be related to familism support the validity of the scale. (Author)

Analyzes language teaching and learning as it transpires during the course of verbal interaction in the home. (DF)

Tests the hypothesis that patients who were contacted more often by their relatives would stay a shorter time in the hospital. Results support the hypothesis. (Author)

The study of kinship models permits a useful alternative to techniques relying on sociometric measures or kinship terminology for the understanding of modern kinship. Presented at the annual National Council on Family Relations Convention, New York, 21 October 1976. (Author)

With the increasing divorce rate, new, alternative therapeutic approaches to marital therapy are necessary. Instead of looking at the marital relationship as a closed system, it should be treated from an intergenerational point of view. This involves working on the interlocking between horizontal and linear relationships in the nuclear family.…

This article describes the lack of cooperativeness, involvement, responsibility, and creative thinking that has characterized individuals as members of groups in western democracies, and suggests that participation training can help people to both learn better and to learn from and value one another. (CD)

This study investigated the effects of an older sibling's aid in an object sorting task on the younger sibling's conceptual style. Children aided by siblings used descriptive style less than children who worked alone; children aided by siblings four years older used inferential style more than children aided by siblings two years older. Children…

The relationship of family variables to locus of control, under the hypothesis that a larger and more cohesive family provides greater reinforcement for the elderly person's actions was investigated. Elderly persons (N=200) aged 60-90 were interviewed at home and given Rotter's I-E scale. In a regression analysis, after removing effects of age and…

This study examines the relationship between lower-class Israeli girls' perceptions (N=53) of various patterns in families of origin and attitudes concerning desirable patterns in their future families. It was found that traditional role allocation is desirable to the girls in the area of household roles. (Author)

Examines how children see themselves in terms of needs met and unmet through their "home space." Subjects were 100 boys and girls, grouped in four age brackets (7-9; 10-12; 13-15; and 16-18). (Author)

Developmental stages of acceptance that parallel a client's adjustment to severe disability are outlined and applied to the client's family. The article discusses implications for counseling and the rehabilitation team's intervention. (Author)

This study explored the difference in intelligence among children from large families in relation to parent-child interaction patterns. The sample consisted of 56 children from large families living in Central West Virginia. The 56 children represented 20 families, all of which had five or more children, and were of similar economic circumstances.…

Purpose of this paper is to serve as a critical review of the literature concerned with intergenerational differences--to differentiate between "fact and fiction." Findings suggested a dearth of concrete knowledge regarding the entire social issue of intergenerational differences, as well as the nature of family-offspring interaction and the…