Administered Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to 104 young adult cross-country hitchhikers. Results displayed predominance of intuitive and feeling functions among subjects, and the utilization of perceptual function in dealing with the environment. Findings suggest a personality which is impulsive and autonomous, having a high degree of tolerance for…

Adolescents' perceptions of parental behavior (parental control, maternal love and control, and maternal hostility and autonomy) was shown to discriminate among juvenile offenders and nonoffenders. (Author/CM)

Adolescents (N=32) ages 13-18 were interviewed about their experiences of death and loss. Subjects attended suburban public high school or a facility for adjudicated urban youth. Urban adolescents' perception of death involved reference to violence or religion. The most distasteful aspect of death to suburban students was suffering, while to…

Examines urban female teenagers' (N=185) best and worst encounters with physicians. Results show a preference for physicians who comfort, use humor, are understanding, and explain procedures. Physicians who rush, behave rudely, or are "too personal" were viewed negatively. Concludes that relational communication skill development must be a…

Examined adolescents' perceptions of discipline in intact families and stepfamilies. Forty-five adolescents, ages 15 to 19, completed the Adolescent Discipline Perception Survey (ADPS). Results indicated adolescents from intact families and stepfamilies identified loss of privileges and grounding as primary discipline methods. Both groups reported…

Author theorizes that American youth, accustomed to media promises of instant results'' for products, has turned to drugs as a method of acquiring instant insight'' and knowledge. (SP)

Examined how Parisian adolescents (N=403) perceived their relationships. Found that images in test drawings associated with the fantasies of attraction toward the other sex, along with the ambiguities which characterize adolescence, rather than the reality of their relationships, influenced the subjects' responses. (Author/ABB)

This study is an investigation into the possibility of a relationship between college students' memories of their parents and their current usage or nonusage of illegal drugs. (Author)

The present study was designed to examine the usefulness of a feed-back based simulation paradigm in altering cross-racial attributions of personality characteristics. (Author)

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between adolescents' perceptions of the role clothing plays in the occupational world and the occupations to which they aspire. (Author)

Investigated developmental changes in the perceived usefulness of help from the perspective of the person receiving the help. Results indicated a development increase in the perceived usefulness of help across the school-age years. Girls consistently perceived help as being more useful than boys, and girls were generally rated as the most…

Article evaluated the influence of the father upon the daughter and her reaction in terms of self perception as it affected her personality development. (RK)

Measured perceptions of delinquents, high school students, and freshmen college students toward their families, level of rebelliousness toward their parents, parental marital relations, and parental discipline. (Author/DB)